Sasquatch spotted near Silverton

[From “The Summit Daily News”. 2003.]

Are the gentle folks in Silverton playing tricks on tourists

again? That was the suspicion of one passenger on the Durango and Silverton

Narrow Gauge train in October when she saw a loping, ape-like creature with

an unmistakable profile: Sasquatch, i.e. Bigfoot.

The name comes from the aboriginals of the Pacific Northwest, who for

centuries have talked about a primordial man-beast standing eight feet tall.

Yet the firm evidence so far is no better than a grainy 35-year-old,

one-minute clip of black-and-white film.

The Durango Telegraph reports many passengers saw the thing, including a

railroad official, Kristi Nelson-Cohen, who confirmed previous glimpses of

Sasquatch. Yet the broader evidence collected by the newspaper gently

suggests not a Bigfoot along the railroad tracks, but a big tongue somewhere

in the cheeks of locals.

WCSRO, 2006.