I will start by saying that there were multiple encounters that happened over the course of a few days.
I am not a hunter, yet I have studied wildlife biology for five years, more specifically Wolf biology. I have spent many years in Yellowstone researching and watching the wolves there. Not to mention I worked as a head-caretaker at a wolf sanctuary for 5 years. Since then I have spent almost all my time outdoors whether in the summer or winter camping and what have you. I have also spent the past 5 years as a wildland firefighter so I have been in the woods a lot.
The encounter took place during the holidays this last year. Now I will also say that skeptics would accuse me or the other eyewitnesses to being drunk at the holidays but I have not had a drink since I was 21 and I am now 27. Anyway, we were staying at my cabin which is way in the woods and wilderness of Northwestern Colorado, the nearest town (if you can call it that) is Hiawatha. We were out there enjoying the peace and quiet as well as to take photographs.
The first encounter we had was as we were hiking into the forest that bordered the cabin. One of my friends noticed movement out of the corner of his eye and said out loud “you see that?” We all, of course, didn’t believe him and took it like nothing. Then about a mile later I noticed a black object on the embankment watching us, I threw a rock at it to see if it would move. I have always believed in Bigfoot and cryptozoology since high school, so having watched many bigfoot hunting shows where they say they see something but do anything about it I threw the rock. The object didn’t move, so I walked closer and began to hike to it when my friends yelled at me that it ran off. We
continued our hike keeping an eye out the rest of the day.
The next encounter came that night after we had returned from hiking. As firefighters, we like to hike very long distances so we did a 15-mile hike that day and we were exhausted. It was about 630-7 pm and in Colorado, it gets dark around that time in the winter. We were lying around the cabin when we heard a thump at the backdoor, we thought it to be nothing but still had that curiosity in our minds of “hey what was that?” So my friend went to check and found nothing outside. It was about an hour later and three of my friends had fallen asleep while myself and the other one still were awake. We heard another
thump at the door and wondered what it could be this time. I walked to the back door and opened it to find a black object standing in the distance staring at me. Again knowing about bigfoot I wondered if I could be it, yet when it stood up and walked I instantly knew it wasn’t. This creature moved with the motion of a wolf, which I have seen from my time with them, yet it was far taller than a normal wolf. It stood on all fours and at shoulder height was at my shoulder or so. It circled around the woods and watched me as I watched it. I couldn’t see its face or any other details but saw the fur outline in the moonlight, plus with the way it moved like I said I knew it had to be a wolf of some sorts. The only problem is there are no wild wolves in Colorado, at least that anyone knows about. I could hear it making its way into the woods as it walked away from me and disappeared from sight. I went back inside and my friend that was awake asked why I had been gone so long, I told him what happened and he asked why I didn’t chase it.
It was one day after that. Most of my friends had left to head home but one friend and I stayed behind. It was around 2 in the afternoon and the sun was behind clouds which made it darker and seem like it was really 4 in the afternoon, my friend and I were resting at an old homesteaders cabin that was ramshackle after hiking into the woods. He fell asleep and I began to drift off myself until I was awoken by twigs breaking in the distance. I quickly woke my friend up and we looked to find a wolf-like creature making its way through the woods on all fours before rising up to two feet. It turned to look at us to
which we ducked behind the broken wall, we waited for a minute before
looking again and saw it making its way, on two feet towards the small creek that lay ahead. There we saw three elk standing but not noticing the creature, I cannot say how quickly this happened but at least within two minutes. The wolf-creature had literally jumped from standing still, sprinted to the elk, and had one to the ground biting into its neck. We heard the elk scream and the others ran off. We watched as the creature gorged on the carcass before turning to look at us once more. We were able to see details this time, like the long wolf snout, sharp canines, yellow eyes, and muscles that shaped its
body. It stood 7 feet tall, and on all fours was at least 8 feet long from nose to tail tip, and it stood up to at least my shoulder with its shoulder on all fours. The way it looked at us after eating was as if it was saying “don’t stop me or you will be next.” We quietly made our way from the location and back to the cabin.
The next encounter which is the second to last happened later that night. As my friend and I were eating dinner we watched the moon slowly rise in the distance over the trees. It was then I caught the small flow of air towards my face from the window. I looked over and saw that my friend had left it open so I walked over to shut it, it was there that I came face to face with the creature as it stood outside the window, probably 4 feet from it looking at me as it stood.
I could see with the light from the window more details in the face than earlier that day. The face was very wolf-like, pretty much as if I was looking at the wolves I worked with years ago. Its canines were enormous, and its eyes were deep yellow and as if they stared at my very soul. If you can think of the werewolves from Dog Soldiers, or the wolf-men from dragon ball super, that’s what the body looked like standing up, but when it went to all fours it resembled a wolf, like the ones from Twilight. As we stared at each other for at least a minute I was amazed at the creature and felt no fear of death, I was
scared but not for my life. As I said I believable in Bigfoot, werewolves, cryptids, etc. and as such, I also believe in the Native An American tradition that these creatures are messengers and that if you respect them they will respect you. Finally, after it blinked and grunted it walked away on all fours, as it entered the treeline it turned around one more time and then disappeared.
The last encounter happened the day after the last one and after my friend had left about an hour before me. As I was cleaning the cabin and packing my truck I felt the feeling of being watched. I knew it had to be the creature and so I ignored it as I felt no fear from it. It was about an hour later that I was ready to leave and saw the creature watching me from the treeline, it walked a little closer but was still 50 yards away. It was as if it was showing off its gracefulness as it stood on two legs then four as it looked at me and left the treeline to return to the woods. I got in my truck and drove back home to end my trip that I knew I would always remember.
I have told almost everyone I know this story and am not afraid to say its true and there is no doubt in my mind what I saw. There are vast, millions of acres of forests and mountains in the United States not to mention the world. For us to say we know everything and have seen everything it impossible, as new species are discovered every day as well as locations. The worlds largest cave hid in Vietnam until a few years ago. These creatures are out there and some are not evil nor are they out to hunt us. Some just want to live in secret. I believe that because of my past work with wolves, the fact that I am an animal
person and also protect the woods as a firefighter the creature could sense that and knew I was not a threat. Since my encounters I have had others in the area report seeing and hearing strange things, some of my friends spent two nights at the cabin just this past weekend January 12-13 2019 to see if they could see anything and they caught sightings of the creature as well as recorded some howls. I believe it is living in Northwestern Colorado and will be for a while.
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Time: 6:30 PM
Date: December 28th, 2018