Two hikers were left stunned after coming across a terrifying 20-foot-tall figure clinging to the side of a Colorado mountain.
Jessee Clauson, 29, and Camille Avarella, 28, were descending Longs Peak in the Rocky Mountains when they inadvertently caught the lanky grey creature on camera as it appeared to climb the crag.
The Denver-based duo didn’t see the beast at the time of their trip on Aug. 24, but noticed it lurking in the background of a photograph as they recalled the adventure weeks later.
“I was in shock when I saw the image,” behavioural analyst Clauson told DailyMail.com.
Two hikers were left stunned after coming across a terrifying 20-foot-tall figure clinging to the side of a Colorado mountain (enlarged version shown)
Two hikers were left stunned after coming across a terrifying 20-foot-tall figure clinging to the side of a Colorado mountain (a magnified view of the specimen is shown)
Jessee Clauson (right), 29, and Camille Avarella, 28, were descending Longs Peak in the Rocky Mountains when they caught the lanky grey creature on camera.
Recalling the walk, he added: “We didn’t see anything.”
“We didn’t take the photo because we saw that thing; we just took it because the mountain range was pretty.”
Clauson said they set out on the daring hike at 2 a.m. to conquer the 14,000-foot crag by dusk the next day.
They had been hiking for seven hours when they captured the image just after scaling the summit at around 9 a.m., he said.
“We were in a state of maximum adrenaline, so we weren’t paying much attention,” Clauson told DailyMail.com.
Graphic designer Avarella explained that it was while sharing the photographs with the family on a plasma TV that they first noticed the creature.
They approached after noticing a strange white coloration on the side of the rock.
“Camille’s dad said, ‘What the heck? That thing is at least 20 feet or something,’ and Camille said, ‘Should we call the rangers?'” Clauson recalled.
The duo didn’t see the beast at the time of their hike on August 24, but noticed it lurking in the background of a photograph as they recalled the adventure weeks later.
Jessee Clauson (right), 29, and Camille Avarella, 28, were descending Longs Peak in the Rocky Mountains when they caught the lanky grey creature on camera.
“We were all like, ‘What the hell is that?'”
“It could be a rock,” Avarella added. “But it has all the characteristics of something human.”
“We’re open to interpretation,” Clauson said, adding that they posted the photos on a Facebook group for Colorado hikers and that dozens of commenters were disturbed by the phenomenon.
“It was so far away that it couldn’t do anything to us. I like to think it was an alien.”
“The anatomy is so human it’s creepy,” Avarella added.
The duo said that although they are eager to see the creature again, they will never undertake the 15-hour trek again.
“I hope someone else does it and sees it,” Clauson said.
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