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Time of India
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
What! Bigfoot finally caught on camera? Rafting crew video shows a creature that looks almost like Bigfoot!
For centuries, tales of a large, hairy, human-like creature known as Bigfoot have been famous in the Native American folklore popularly calling it as 'Sasquatch' or 'wild man', and in the modern world after multiple alleged sightings of the humanoid cryptid the legend has become part of pop culture and mystery lore. The story came into the public eye in 1958 when a letter to a California newspaper described enormous footprints found near a logging site. But the most famous moment came in 1967 with the Patterson-Gimlin film that had grainy footage showing a hulking creature moving through the trees at Bluff Creek, which still is debated today whether it was a man in a costume or genuine evidence of a creature science hasn't identified. On May 24, 2025 alleged new sighting of Bigfoot in Colorado has once again pushed this legend into the limelight. According to a whitewater rafting crew with the Colorado River Expedition was taking a lunch break near the Upper Colorado River when something unusual caught their attention in the woods. 'Someone yelled out that they saw a bear, so we started looking at it, and that's when we realized it was something else. It wasn't a bear. It was standing up there on the hillside,' said Logan Kirk, the lead rafting guide. Kirk described the creature as clearly bipedal, which made it immediately catch the attention of the rafting group. 'It was definitely bipedal, which really stood out to us,' he added. The video they captured has since gone viral, showing a large, furry figure moving through dense trees. At one point, the figure seems to stop and stare directly at the camera before vanishing into the forest. While some online are convinced it's Bigfoot, others argue it's more likely someone in a suit or a bear briefly standing on two legs. Still, Kirk remains curious. 'We're gonna go up to see if we can find any evidence of what was going on up there, whether that's footprints or something else. Who knows? It's so hard in the rocks to actually get anything like that, but we want to see if there's anything there,' he told This sighting isn't an isolated incident either. Colorado has seen over 100 Bigfoot-related reports since March this year. 'We're still trying to figure it out,' Kirk added. 'We've gone through the footage and zoomed in on the images, whatever it is, whether Bigfoot or some other creature.' What is Bigfoot? The search for Bigfoot and other unknown creatures is part of a field called cryptozoology, which isn't fully recognised as science. Some experts think the legend might have started with a real extinct giant ape called Gigantopithecus. Fossils of this ape were found in Southeast Asia, and it may have lived alongside early humans. According to Native American folklore, Bigfoot was known as a 'wild man' or a guardian of the forest. Many tribes believed it was a powerful, spiritual being that lived deep in nature, watching over the land and keeping balance, and it is not just a mysterious animal or creature, but a real being. Its common name "Sasquatch" comes from the Salish word "Sasquits," while tribes like the Algonquin call a similar creature "Witiko" or "Wendigo." Many Native American tribes also have stories of a large, human-like being with special powers. The Ojibway people of the Northern Plains believed a creature called the Rugaru would appear during times of danger, acting as a warning for humans to change their behaviour and ways of living. Other tribes also saw this hairy figure as a messenger or a sign to pay attention.
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Shocking video claims to capture Bigfoot lurking in Colorado woods
A mysterious figure was captured roaming the woods in Colorado, sparking theories that the elusive Bigfoot has finally been found. A whitewater rafting crew with the Colorado River Expedition was traveling down the Upper Colorado River on May 24 when they pulled ashore for a break. Logan Kirk, the lead guide, told that he and about 12 others had stopped for lunch when they spotted the creature roughly 500 yards away. 'Someone yelled out that they saw a bear, so we started looking at it, and that's when we realized it was something else. It wasn't a bear. It was standing up there on the hillside,' he said. 'It was definitely bipedal, which really stood out to us. The video, which has been viewed millions of times online, shows a large, furry figure walking through dense pine trees. It stops in between two trees, appears to stare directly at the camera and then vanishes in the woods. While many commenters are thrilled at the idea that Bigfoot may have been found, others believe it was either a person in a suit or a bear walking on two legs. Regardless, Kirk is planning a return expedition to the same spot as the sighting. 'We're gonna go up to see if we can find any evidence of what was going on up there, whether that's footprints or something else. Who knows? It's so hard in the rocks to actually get anything like that, but we want to see if there's anything there,' he said. Others asked, 'Why is it always the same type of blurry, far-away footage of Bigfoot?' While the sighting is likely a person in a suit or a bear, Colorado has had more than 100 reports of the human-like creature since March of this year. 'We're still trying to figure it out,' said Kirk. 'We've gone through the footage and zoomed in on the images, whatever it is, whether Bigfoot or some other creature.' Stories of large, hairy, human-like beings go back centuries to ancient Indigenous cultures across North America. They spoke of 'Sasquatch,' a word meaning 'wild man.' The first widely publicized report of Bigfoot in modern times came in 1958, when journalist Andrew Genzoli of the Humboldt Times in California published a letter from a reader describing massive, mysterious footprints found near a logging site in Bluff Creek. The letter sparked widespread interest, and follow-up articles, some playfully referring to the creature as 'Bigfoot,' helped launch the legend into the public imagination. The most famous and still-debated piece of Bigfoot 'evidence' came in 1967, when Bob Gimlin and Roger Patterson filmed a now-iconic clip of a large, furry figure striding through the woods at Bluff Creek. Known as the Patterson-Gimlin film, the footage was shot during the duo's expedition to find the elusive beast. Both men were on horseback when they rounded a bend and spotted a towering, ape-like creature walking along the riverbed. Its head and torso were sloped forward, back hunched, massive thighs flexing with each step, and long arms swinging at its sides. Patterson's horse reared up in panic. He jumped off, grabbed his camera, and scrambled across the ground, waving the device in one hand and desperately trying to keep the creature in frame. The shot steadied just long enough to capture the moment the creature turned to look over its right shoulder before it disappeared into the trees. Years later, Bob Heironimus, a retired Pepsi bottler from Yakima, claimed he was the one in the costume used to stage the video. But Gimlin, who is still alive, has always denied the story, insisting that what he and Patterson saw that day was a man in a suit, but Bigfoot.
