Costilla County and state law enforcement are investigating a person’s death in southern Colorado as a possible animal attack.
The Costilla County Sheriff’s Office, Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Colorado Parks and Wildlife are looking into a death in the Sangre De Cristo Ranches southeast of Fort Garland, sheriff’s officials said Saturday in a Facebook post.
The sheriff’s office learned of the death at around 7 p.m. Thursday and contacted state officials, said Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesperson John Livingston.
Sheriff’s officials did not release further information about the death and could not immediately be reached for comment.
Investigators are waiting on information from the El Paso County Coroner’s Office to determine the cause of death and still analyzing what type of animal may be responsible for the attack.
“If you live in or around or visit the area, be vigilant and aware of your surroundings,” the sheriff’s office said on Facebook. “Deputies have hiked the immediate area with the assistance of CBI and were not able to locate anything to identify the animal.”
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