(Hoax) 2008 Silverton Bigfoot Photo

In 2008, a photo was taken that allegedly captures a Bigfoot trotting beside the Animas River within site of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad near Silverton, Colorado. The problem with the photo is that it's obviously someone jogging along the river's bank path in sweats and a hoodie with the hood pulled over the head. The vantage point too, shows that the photographer who took the picture was at a vantage point that is likely a parking lot or Overlook.

A few years later in 2010, Rick Lewis, owner of the Bigfoot Central gift shop and the Legend of Bigfoot Museum on Blair Street in Silverton, tried to organize a “Hunt For Bigfoot,” an event offering a $1 million award in return for a verifiable photograph of Bigfoot. But the hunt was canceled after skeptical town officials raised questions about “whether it (the event, not Bigfoot) was actually real,” reports the Silverton Standard & the Miner.

However, Bigfoot can bring out the worst in people too. In 2010, Rick Lewis, the owner of the now defunct Bigfoot Central in Silverton made an effort to start a "Hunt for Bigfoot" event. This event was going to have a $1,000,000 reward for verifiable photographic evidence of Bigfoot. It would cost a $250 entrance fee to participate and there would only be 400 tickets sold. But in the end, it never happened. The supposed sponsors and host of the event listed on its website didn't know they were sponsors or the host. It is unknown how many people gave their money to Rick Lewis.

Without the photographer coming forward with a legitimate back story for this event, plus the fact that it took a life of it's own without any background, it has been deemed a hoax from legitimate researchers.