For $650 a head, Jim Myers leads cryptid-curious folks from around the world into the wilderness of Colorado’s Park County for a three-day camping expedition in search of the elusive Bigfoot.
Joseph Lacy, 10, of Arvada, left, and his mother Cindy visits the Sasquatch Outpost in Bailey, Colorado, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. , provides tents, meals, guides, first aid kits and satellite phones as part of the quest. He also brings night-vision binoculars, thermal imagers and cameras.
Jim Meyer, owner of Sasquatch Outpost, poses for a portrait at the outpost in Bailey, Colorado, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Bigfoot-hunting professionals host private forest toursThe cryptid consumed Myers’ life so wholly that when he and his wife were rebuilding a 150-year-old grocery store in Bailey in 2012, they ditched the groceries and dedicated the store to Bigfoot instead.“For a little town like Bailey, it’s a very popular destination,” Myers said.
But Kevin McDonald, the special events coordinator for the town Estes Park, was game for a cryptid conversation.About 5,000 people attend the festival, which features Bigfoot-themed vendors, Sasquatch celebrities from reality television shows like “Finding Bigfoot,” live music by the likes of Denver-based band That Damn Sasquatch, a contest to see who can do the best Bigfoot call and more.
Later, Hitch admitted to an experience of his own while dirt-biking through the mountains 14 years ago. A large cutout of Bigfoot stands beside The Sasquatch Outpost in Bailey, Colorado, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. The Bigfoot hunting expeditions don’t generate enough income for Myers to make a living. His bread and butter is the Sasquatch Outpost store and museum, while the expeditions are more of a hobby to continue fueling his passion, he said.“It’s the magic of the whole paranormal cryptid world,” Myers said. “Bigfoot is just one of the many unidentified, uncategorized species in the world.
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