Images from 2017 'Sasquatch' Encounter in Bailey, Colorado, Arouse Interest across Social Media

One of the images posted by Yeoman. (Scott Yeoman / Facebook) — One of the images posted by Yeoman. *(Scott Yeoman / Facebook)*

Updated 4/10/20

A series of images posted by Scott Yeoman to the private Facebook group Bigfoot Now last Friday have been shared across social media since then, arousing intense interest and speculation among cryptid enthusiasts. The images have been shared widely to cryptozoology pages on Facebook, including that of popular cryptid museum Expedition: Bigfoot, although they have since deleted their post.

A collage of the images shared by Yeoman. (Scott Yeoman / Facebook) — A collage of the images shared by Yeoman. *(Scott Yeoman / Facebook)*

The images are stills from a ten-minute video he shot in 2017 at his home in Bailey, Colorado, said Yeoman.

“I’m on eight acres of land on the side of a mountain. Approximately 11,000 feet [up],” he said of his home, where the reported encounter took place.

According to a statement posted by Yeoman to Facebook,

[Okay], so here's the story with my photos.. So we (my wife and I) bought 11 acres of land in Bailey, Colorado. We built a foundation of cinder block that is [three feet six inches] above the ground. The land is mostly hard pack dirt and large rock, which I shared a video of when we bought it. After we moved a modular home there, we lived off and on there for two years while we got it ready for [permanent] residency.
In August of 2017, we were finishing the interior of the back of the house and I came into the living room and caught a whiff of a VERY harsh odor in the room. It smelled like rotting animal flesh, vomit, and excrement. I caught glimpse of something moving outside the window from the corner of my eye.
We have had bears visit pretty regular but [they] tried to get under the house, not in it. But when I seen the figure by the window, I thought a bear had somehow [climbed] up to the window. I take a lot of wildlife pictures because they literally come up to the outside of it like mule deer, elk, bear, haven't seen any mountain lion, and other small game. I have quite a few feral [cats] all over my property but they aren't mine. But they hang out a lot.
Anyway... I saw the top of the head and that caught my attention. It moved closer and I seen [its] eyes were freaking huge and it scared me because bear eyes aren't that large or far apart. I always have a camera handy to get a good shot of the elk that come extremely close to the house.
When I realized it wasn't a bear. Fear struck me hardcore. I used a cheap Kodak sport digital camera for taking pics and for the most part it takes fast action pictures/video. It was on the end table next to my recliner, approximately [six feet] from the window.
When I pointed it at the window, it stopped swaying and closed [its] eyes as if it was child... "You can't see me if my eyes are closed." So shaking and trying to video at the same time, I moved back a step and it slowly moved from one side of the window to the other. It was seriously about a 10 minute video, but it was on a 1" x 1 1/2" card which had to be downloaded on my computer.
It didn't make any attempt to enter the house or run away. About eight minutes in, my wife came into the room and asked me what I was doing. I told her there's something outside and it ain't no bear. When she looked over my shoulder she screamed "what is that thing!" and ran back to the bedroom.
I stopped the video, went to the closet and grabbed my .40 [caliber] off the closet shelf. When I turned back around, it was moving away from the window. I [was] going to shoot at it if it tried to get in, which it didn't do. I went to my wife who was freaking out and tried to answer her bombardment of questions and after reassuring her that everything was [okay].
She called the Sheriff's department and they sent three deputies to check out the property. Their conclusion was most [likely] a bear or other wildlife. Until I showed them the playback. When they reviewed it, two of the three were impressed and the third was like its a bear. Anyway the rest of the night was uneventful and peaceful other than my panicking wife. She ended up having my daughter and her husband come get her and [take] her to Golden for a couple of days.
I downloaded this video on my computer at my mother’s house because she has internet access and I didn't. Long story short my mother’s house [burned] down [after] a fire we had out here last year. We have seen [the creature] at a distance every now and then in the darkness by the fire light, not the body, but eye shine. And that's pretty creepy too. But haven't had any incidents of a destructive nature so I decided to just be cautious when I'm walking my property. I do carry my .40 [caliber] always outside... Just in case. But haven't had to pull it from my holster. I see signs where he's broke branches on trees that I can't reach on a [six-foot] ladder. And occasionally he'll move things around. Most signs we see were always after we left and came back home.
There's the story behind the photos.... I hope people can find something in here to benefit them if they are dealing with one too.

The images shared to social media were photographs of the video, which Yeoman said he had taken with his phone.

“The original video was taken on a Kodak sports cam,” he said. “Not super high quality, but I got it because I get a lot of wildlife, since I’m pretty isolated from traffic. It was a 10 minute video and most of the time the face wasn’t visible, most of it is him swaying back and forth. Anyway, I downloaded it on my computer, [and] I took pictures with this phone of some of the best frames.”

He admitted, too, that it might seem suspicious he is unable to produce the video, but Yeoman was consistent in his explanation as to why.

‘I know this is going to sound like ‘isn’t that a coincidence,’” Yeoman said. '‘But we had a fire out here last year and my mom’s house burned, which is where my computer along with a lot of my other wildlife videos are stored. So yeah, these pics are all I have.”

Yeoman said he didn’t share the video widely prior to its destruction, because he has "known quite a few people who said somebody always shows up to hush the situation, whether it be to confiscate or threaten them into silence."

"Other than close family members and friends, I haven't really told anyone," he added.

Opinions have been mixed regarding the photos, with some believing that Yeoman captured a nosy bear on camera, while others believe the images to be evidence of a bigfoot.

"Looks like a bear nose to me," Josh Blanton commented. "What people are thinking are eyes are the nose holes with snot glistening as he breathes. The eyes are actually the yellowish glow seen above that."

But others disagreed with that assessment.

"In order for the subject pics to be a bear, the angle of the head would have to be directly in line with the camera so as not to see the sides, top, or bottom of the bear’s muzzle," Bryan Ellis responded. "I really don’t think it’s a bear."

As is often the case, a few have even accused Yeoman of hoaxing the images.

The Singular Fortean Society contacted the Park County Sheriff’s Office regarding the incident, and was initially told by their Records Manager that "a cursory search for this case found no report under the last name Yeoman." A more thorough search was requested, and the subsequent background check of Yeoman under the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act also returned no results. At no point were any deputies dispatched to the property, nor is there any record of them watching the video referenced by Yeoman.

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