SANTA FE — Mysterious stick structures that have popped up recently in the Santa Fe National Forest are stumping officials.
The National Forest announced Friday that numerous “human-built conical stick structures” have been erected near the Ski Santa Fe area. Some are two stories tall — about 20 feet — and 20 feet or more in diameter, according to spokeswoman Julie Anne Overton.
The pyramids were discovered when employees from the Española Ranger District went into the woods with a volunteer who showed them seven or eight of the stick tepees off Tesuque Peak Road at Aspen Vista. At least 10 more are below the Aspen Vista picnic area, and some have also been seen on the Windsor Trail and in the Big Tesuque drainage.
Officials are worried that the structures, made of about 1,000 or more individual sticks or logs, pose a fire danger. “The wood is seasoned and dry, and the design is similar to a classic kindling pyramid but on a much larger scale,” Overton wrote in a news release. “And to exacerbate the obvious fire danger, people appear to be using fire rings inside many of the structures.” But Overton said there’s no evidence people are living in them.
Charles R
Huh. I am not sure a Bigfoot(s) would build something quite this elaborate. Of course they could. On the Carter Farm in Tennessee, Janice Carter noted seeing their family building structures all the time. Sometimes they would hang skins from animals they had killed out over them, though she never knew the purpose of this. I just wonder if there is some group of humans building these to achieve what just happened by the news media coming out to document them. Then again maybe their is a group of Bigfoots out in that area ( and a ski area such as this would be a great place to view humans as they like to do ) that have taken their activity to new heights.
John P
Its an obvious start but are there saw or axe marks? That would be first thing to check for.
paul w
what the heck kind of satanic jewerly is she wearing?/ message is she sending. you know damn well at her position she knows of sasquatch.
Ulrike H
I’ve made these on our property. Large branches, that have fallen over the winter, are quite lightweight to manipulate. I’m leaning more towards man made than Sasquatch…but then again…?
Melinda J
@paul w
Omgoodness..satanic jewelry?? Lol. It looks to me as a typical southwest Native American inspired necklace. Where did the idea it was satanic come from? Just curious. Thank you paul.