That description certainly aligns with those presented in Unsolved Mysteries, which also draws a correlation between a simultaneous uptick in UFO sightings in the same area. According to Milford and Dover, the “hairy beast” is commonly described as being about seven or eight-feet tall, muscular, having canine teeth, and smelling like a wet dog. The Rangers also pointed to frequent reports of Bigfoot stepping over corrals and taking sheep, along with revealing incidents of sheep being killed by having the wool ripped right off their backs.
The Netflix series also features actual footage of the duo taking an eyewitness statement from one of an astounding 30 people who reported seeing a Bigfoot along the San Juan River. “Coming down that highway there, I thought a person was hitchhiking,” a woman explains to them in the clip. “But as I got a little bit closer, it wasn’t a person. It was a tall, tall body with... It seemed like, with hair all over because I didn’t see, like, facial features or anything.”
Another reservation resident and “Bigfoot witness” named Brenda Harris also shared some of her “encounters” with the creature. She recalled a summer night when something that was “black, tall, and . . . covered in hair” repeatedly tried to turn the doorknob of her mobile home and then darted off her porch to the west, something that continued throughout an entire night. The next morning Harris found what she described as a footprint measuring about 18 inches long and four inches wide.
The Durango Herald also interviewed Harris at 2013’s inaugural Northern New Mexico Bigfoot and Paranormal Conference where she was a speaker and shared her experiences with the 300 attendees. She explained that she teamed with other locals to form the Shadow Seekers, a group that investigates incidents in the area and tries to find evidence. Their focus is the public’s safety. “That’s why I am here,” Harris explained to the paper. “I don’t want to hear about anybody getting hurt.”
This article was originally published on Oct. 26, 2022
