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ere’s a hair-raising encounter from the Centennial State, reported by Shannon and Stetson Parker were enjoying a relaxing jaunt through the San Juan Mountains on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad when Stetson spotted something unusual. “We were looking for elk in the mountains and my husband sees something moving and then can’t really explain it. So he’s like, ‘Bigfoot!’” Shannon told “It was at least six, seven feet or taller. It matched the reported that Myers regards the sighting as a hoax, and Megargle diagnosed it as a case of “Squatch Fever.” Myers and Megargle collaborated on the documentary which explains why the elusive cryptid is so darn elusive: Apparently, it’s interdimensional and can travel between worlds through “an alien portal located in a Native American sacred tree.” As one of the T-shirts Myers sells reminds us: “Bigfoot doesn’t believe in you, either.”

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