EVENT INFO &
 HISTORY

The Story of Snippy | Background 

‍On September 7^th, 1967, near the town of Hooper in the San Luis Valley, Lady, a 3-year-old Appaloosa mare, failed to return to King Family Ranch. Harry King discovered Lady’s remains a quarter mile from the pioneer ranch house a few days later. The neck and head were completely stripped of flesh, leaving nothing but bare, seemingly sun-bleached, white bone, while the reminder of the mare unscathed.  

King returned the next day with others and more questions arose. There was no blood found around the body, and the flesh appeared to have been cauterized with precision. Scorched exhaust marks were found in the vicinity of Lady and 100 yards away a shrub was squashed flat. Nearby was a series of 6 small, round indentations in the ground, arranged in a circle. There was a green bar- about the size and shape of a stick of butter- near the horse that jiggled like Jell-O when it was swept up for containment.

Nellie King, Harry’s sister, said the ground around Lady for a 10-foot radius looked like it had been smoothed out and there were no tracks. Nellie’s boots were found to be radioactive and the palm of her hand began to turn red and had a burning sensation after she picked up a horse hair tuft. 

No coyotes, birds or bugs would come near the horse as it decomposed. There was radiation discovered around the body’s site using a Geiger counter.  Multiple agencies studied the case and only became as perplexed as the King family: Local police, county Sherriff, Adam's State University, Colorado State University and dozens of independent researchers. This event was deemed a possible alien harvest by some yet the case has been an Unexplained Animal Death (UAD) to this day. The media would later name the iconic mare “Snippy” after misinformation from Lady’s owner, Berle.

WHAT TO EXPECT
Snippy & The Colorado Star Party includes four main ingredients: high strangeness, astronomy, consciousness & history. Participants at Snippy will learn new insights about UFO, UAP, UAD, cryptic, San Luis Valley history, disclosure, astronomy and their personal role in the universe. Astronomers are welcome to turn their telescopes to the night sky.

The International Dark-Sky Association awarded the Great Sand Dunes National Park the much heralded “Dark Sky” status in 2019. It’s one of the darkest skies on earth- limited only by natural airglow and starlight. The darkness at the event grounds is Bortle 2 which is so dark that faint shadows are cast on white objects by the Milky Way. If there is a passing cloud it appears like a black hole in the sky. No light domes impact viewing. It’s dark enough to confuse some into thinking the rising milky way is the approaching sunrise. The Milky Way has faint extensions, making it 50 degrees thick. Because this arid, high desert has scant rainfall, the skies are typically unencumbered by clouds.

KFO is excellent for any type of observation-deep field, binoculars, or just naked eye. KFO sits on 320acres of Chico brush, dusty desert land that’s 10 miles West of the Snippy UAD. Keri King owns and operates the land where those suffering Noctalgia* come to see the strange and astronomical. On this desolate land, only minor investments have been made to clear a road and campground area, paving the way for larger development starting in 2026. *Feelings of loss of the dark skies. 

According to the United States geological Survey of this area, both the Aeromagnetic and Gravitational (Bougier gravity) maps indicate basic field strength, as well as areas of high and low field strength. Areas encompassing both maximum and minimum field strength all have frequent UFO sightings. Maybe you’ll join the dozens of people that have reported seeing strange objects from KFO.  

Katie Paige, Colorado MUFON director said about the 2023 event, “I saw my first ever anomalous craft in the night sky. A light moved from left to right, stopped and disappeared. It was amazing.” 

Alan Pratt, healer, psychic and son of the famous UFO researcher Bob Pratt, attended the first-year event and had this to say about his experience: “All three nights we held UFO sky watches, and all 3 nights there were “light ships” in the sky that jiggled back and forth upon request… The weekend was a total success.” 

Judy Messaline, owner of the UFO Watchtower, attended theinaugural event and said: “The land is special, so are the people. This event issure to be a hit and the UFO watchtower is excited to play a part as we havethe famous Snippy bones in our UFO museum.” 

The land is primitive with no amenities apart from porta potties and tentsfor workshops. Those staying on the land should plan for high desert camping at7,500 ft elevation. There is ample space for trailers, RV’s or tents. You are responsible for everything else- food, water and shelter.

Hotels/restaurants are available about 20 minutes away in Alamosa, but not recommended to get the full effect of the night sky.