STORIES
In search of Bigfoot
The telescope in the window of the breakfast nook was trained on a mountainside, part of the Saguache Range that includes some of the highest peaks in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. Plenty of room for Bigfoot to roam.
Out of this world
Twenty six. That’s the number UFOs Judy Messoline has seen from her UFO Watchtower since opening 15 years ago in Hooper, Colorado. As long as this viewing platform has been here, there have been 96 documented viewings, she says. The UFO Watchtower only rises a story off the ground, but it offers a sweeping view of the otherwise flat-as-a-pancake 7,600-foot San Luis Valley, high in the Rocky Mountains.
A little slice of vintage camper heaven
Sylvia Davids smiles from behind the camp store counter, framed by Kit-Kat clocks with swinging tails and swiveling eyes, Chapstick, packets of laundry detergent, a photo of Elvis, and a sign that reads “FRESH COFFEE ANYTIME”…