Trio of Witnesses Reportedly Spot "Bigfoot" from Train in Colorado

A photo taken by Shannon of what some are saying is a bigfoot. *(Shannon Parker)*

A trio of witnesses reportedly saw and filmed a bigfoot last Sunday while aboard a train travelling on the narrow-gauge railroad through the San Juan Mountains between Silverton and Durango, Colorado.

Shannon and Stetson Parker said they were seated in the very back of the last car in the train with a man referred to only as Brandon when they spotted the mysterious humanoid at about 3:30 p.m.

“When I saw it, we were looking for elk. I was hoping to see some bulls in the rut,” Stetson told Cowboy State Daily.

“My husband was like, ‘Something’s moving … it’s Bigfoot.’ And the guy next to him [Brandon] got out his cellphone and started filming,” Shannon added.

Brandon would later share that video with OutThere Colorado.

People on a train in southwest Colorado may have spotted 'Bigfoot.' Thoughts?
Video: bt92.travels (IG user)#colorado #news #bigfoot pic.twitter.com/iX1naHGOI5
— OutThere Colorado (@outthereco) October 10, 2023

Shannon was also able to take a few pictures of the creature with her camera.

Stetson estimated the creature had to be at least several hundred yards away from the moving train, however, he was still able to see that it was walking on two legs before squatting down in an apparent attempt to hide.

“It wasn’t moving like a bear or anything else I’ve ever seen,” he said.

Shannon noted that the color of the creature's fur matched the surrounding landscape.

“You can hardly see him in the shrubbery. He really blends in,” she said.

The video posted to Twitter has approximately six million views so far, and responses have been largely negative.

Whatever they saw, the experience was fairly convincing for those who were there.

“From our perspective, it seemed pretty legit,” Shannon said of the mysterious humanoid.

Stetson said, “It was hard to comprehend what I was seeing. It was hard to explain and tell my brain what it was, so in a moment of comic relief, I said, ‘It’s Bigfoot.’”

But those skeptical of the video and photographic evidence had other ideas.

Some thought the figure was likely to be a hunter in ghillie suit camouflage.

However, Stetson said, as a hunter himself he doubted that hypothesis.

Stetson found it unusual that the supposed hunter had no visible rifle or bow and said he is familiar enough with ghillie suits that he’s confident he would recognize one if he saw it.

“I’ve seen people in ghillie suits, I’ve worn a ghillie suit in the military,” Stetson said.

Stetson finished his service with the Air Force in 2021 after having been stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming since 2017.

Other skeptics thought that it might be the railroad pulling a publicity stunt.

Yet, when Shannon asked the train crew if they had ever heard any other reports of passengers seeing Bigfoot from the train, they had not.

Furthermore, Shannon said, if this was a publicity stunt, then the costumed actor should have been much closer and more visible to the entire train instead of being so far away that only a few people in the last car managed to see them.

Nonetheless, a person in a costume may be to blame, according to Bigfoot researcher Aleksandar Petakov.

Looks like a suit. There happens to be a “Sasquatch expedition camper company” a few miles from the location this was filmed near Silverton, CO. They have been known to wear the suit around town apparently. pic.twitter.com/dHBx3AmeOX
— Aleksandar Petakov 🤠 (@PetakovMedia) October 12, 2023

Petakov noted that there is a company called Sasquatch Expedition Campers located in nearby Silverton that, he said, “have been known to wear [a bigfoot] suit around town, apparently.”

A photograph of the suit shared by Petakov does strongly resemble the figure featured in the evidence shared by Brandon and Shannon, and if the company was responsible, then that could explain why railroad staff seemed to be in the dark about it.

Petakov isn’t alone in his assessment, and since the video was posted, many others have taken to social media to voice the same suspicion.

So far, Sasquatch Expedition Campers haven’t officially taken credit for the sighting, but as posted by Twitter account Meta Material, the company’s owner did write a “cheeky response” when asked about the incident.

The Sasquatch Expedition Campers business found to be only 1.5 miles from the sighting, and the owner writes a cheeky response to the inquiry.

What do y'all think, case closed?#bigfoot #silverton pic.twitter.com/kS04zyY6Ss
— 🜃Meta Material (@MetaStudioLogic) October 12, 2023

Given the evidence, this sighting is very likely to be a hoax.