He also brings night-vision binoculars, thermal imagers and cameras. America is infatuated with Bigfoot. Bigfoot-hunting professionals host private forest tours to show off their Sasquatch know-how and sighting spots.
And businesses across the state rent out shuttles, cars or bikes for Bigfoot hunts. Myers has been a Bigfoot aficionado since he was a kid after laying eyes on the famed Patterson-Gimlin film , footage captured in depicting a large, hairy creature walking on two legs through a Northern California forest. Now the Sasquatch Outpost — a souvenir shop and museum dedicated to all things Bigfoot — is one of the more well-visited attractions in Bailey, Myers said.
We try to help everybody else along, as well. The Denver Post emailed the state tourism office requesting an interview to discuss the impact that unusual tourist attractions have on smaller, rural communities. The message was forwarded to an outside public relations firm, which declined to set up an interview. But Kevin McDonald, the special events coordinator for the town Estes Park, was game for a cryptid conversation.
The night before the event — Estes Park already Squatched it up in , but the festival is set for April 26 — is the Bigfoot BBQ, where people purchase tickets for an intimate dining experience with their favorite Sasquatch celebrities. This year, the dinner attracted people from eight states, McDonald said. Travel spending in Colorado increased Initially, Hitch was reticent to share his own Sasquatch encounters, having grown up in the mountains around Estes Park. Later, Hitch admitted to an experience of his own while dirt-biking through the mountains 14 years ago.
Since writing his post, folks come to his business looking for an ATV or Jeep to get further back into the forest, he said, in the hopes of spying Bigfoot.
