American mining folklore

Slide-Rock Bolter, a legendary mountain cryptid said to slide down Colorado slopes to devour miners

The Slide-Rock Bolter, Colorado

by Elizabeth Fabowale

January 16, 2026

American Cryptids & Monsters·Classic American Cryptids

Mountain camps in Colorado were built on ambition, luck, and borrowed time. Men carved shelters into slopes that had never known permanent footsteps. They believed danger came from above in the form of falling stone or from below in collapsing tunnels. What they did not expect was a creature that treated the mountain itself as a hunting ground. Miners working

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The Slide-Rock Bolter, Colorado

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