Denver Post theater critic John Moore found this incredibly intricate house, created from an artist’s fever dream, in southern Colorado. Who – or what – lives there? Hint: It’s not a home for humans. Tell us what you know about the house and where it is in an e-mail to ColoradoSunday@denverpost.com. Include a digital photo of yourself, and don’t forget to include your hometown in the message. Our favorite wins a $50 gas card.
How’d you know?
Last week: “Old Mose” statue, Alamosa
The winner: Tony Stevens, Gunnison
The bronze statue is of Old Mose, the most notorious grizzly known to live in Colorado. He terrorized 11 counties in the late 1800s and early 1900s by killing livestock and men. Many men tried to track and kill him. One man, Wharton Pig, devoted his life to killing Old Mose. Pig set a trap to catch Mose, but he got away, losing a couple of toes in the trap. James Anthony teamed up with Pig, and they finally did kill him on the Stirrup Ranch between Guffy and Hartsel in 1904. The Denver Post published a full-page article about the death on May 15, 1904. Mose was called the King of all Grizzlies. This statue is located on the Adams State College campus in Alamosa … it is a life-size replica!
