El Porvenir,
New Mexico
Nine creatures of the Sangre de Cristo foothills — from the crimson-slashed trout in the canyon streams to the cryptid in the pines. Read, watch, and log what you find.
The creatures you may cross paths with.
Each plate is an index card — common name, scientific name, and the small particularities that make a species itself. Tap a card to read the full profile and fun facts.
Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout
Oncorhynchus clarkii virginalis
Mule Deer
Odocoileus hemionus
Coyote
Canis latrans
Black-Tailed Jackrabbit
Lepus californicus
Black Bear
Ursus americanus
Plateau Fence Lizard
Sceloporus tristichus
Pronghorn
Antilocapra americana
Broad-Tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
Sasquatch: a note on the unverified.
Sasquatch, also called Bigfoot, is a large bipedal figure reported across forested North America for more than a century. No verified specimen, skeleton, or DNA evidence exists. It is included here because reports cluster in old-growth conifer country like the canyons above El Porvenir, and because indigenous oral traditions of the region long pre-date the modern "Bigfoot" era.
Read the Full Entry- Verified specimensNone on record.
- Most-studied evidence1967 Patterson-Gimlin film (disputed).
- Common misidentificationBlack bear standing on hind legs.
What did you see?
Visitors and locals keep this logbook together. Add your sighting — common deer or strange shadow — and read what others have written down before you.
Open the Logbook“Two mule deer at the bend below the campground — buck with a broken left antler.”