Colorado Man Thinks He Found Serial Killer After Strange Desert Discovery

A Colorado man took to YouTube to express his fear that he may have accidentally found a serial killer's crime scene when he found 10 pairs of women's high-heeled shoes discarded in the desert.

Levi Comstock posted the video to YouTube over the weekend to the Countertop Epoxy account, an account typically dedicated to epoxy. The video, which has garnered millions of views across X, formerly Twitter, lasts roughly five minutes. In it, Comstock walks the viewer through the strange discovery he made while four-wheeling in a remote desert location in western Colorado.

At the beginning of the video, Comstock said he felt that he had found what "could be a crime" and went on to explain what happened. Later on, Comstock asked for advice and admitted that he did express concern to a local sheriff's office but that he was told "it was probably nothing."

Newsweek has not confirmed the discovery or Comstock's report as of publication of this article.

It's unclear which sheriff's office Comstock spoke to in the video, but according to LinkedIn, Comstock owns Countertop Epoxy, which is located in Grand Junction, Colorado. Newsweek reached out to Countertop Epoxy by email and phone for comment.

Mesa County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer Wendy Likes told Newsweek that police have investigated the area in the past and found evidence of illegal dumping. She said that lots of trash has been found in addition to shoes and commented that shoes are a common item to dump. She added that if evidence of something nefarious surfaces, law enforcement will investigate the area again.

During one of his desert adventures, Comstock found a "very well hidden" pond where he stumbled across one high-heeled shoe. The discovery originally didn't surprise him, but then he found the shoe's pair a few feet away.

"I found two more sets of high heels within looking around for about 5 minutes, and they are all in the shoreline of this shallow pond," he said, adding that the shoes were different sizes.

During several visits to the pond, Comstock said he found 10 pairs of shoes, some with broken heels, and a pair of women's nylon stockings.

Comstock, who clarifies that he isn't an investigator, said he noticed the pond's water level was low. When he walked out on a series of boulders going into the middle of the pond, he found a piece of plastic sticking out of the mud that he soon came to realize was a broken high heel. On the second day he returned, he was accompanied by some friends and their tracking dogs, although the dogs weren't trained for cadaver searches.

"I think it's crazy that every single pair has had a matching pair together," Comstock said. "I think it's crazy that there's been multiple sizes."

"I'm guessing that whoever is throwing these shoes down here is expecting that usually they're going to be underwater," Comstock said later in the video.