The Seattle star (Seattle, Wash.), July 16th 1924
Hunters After Devil Beasts
Story Told by Prospectors Declared Partly Confirmed
KELSO, July 16. – Altho[ugh] no report has been received from the expeditionary forces which Monday went into the hills to hunt the “mountain devil,” individuals who returned today from trips to the cabin of the five prospectors partially confirm the story of members of the Smith-Beck party, who claimed to have been bombarded with big rocks hurled into their cabin during the night, supposedly by the “hairy apes.”
The rocks are still inside the cabin, according to these returned investigators, but no footprints of mysterious men or beasts were to be found in the vicinity.
Four new expeditions have outfitted and are on their way to Spirit Lake today. One is composed of local hunters, two other parties have left from Castle Rock, while Chief of Police George Millar, of Kelso, and County Game Warden Chester Leichardt have taken their families for an outing into the Spirit Lake country, and while there will try to find traces of the “mountain devils.”
“Devil” Animals Are Called Bunk
WOODLAND, Wash., July 16. – Deputy Game Warden Justus Murk, who has spent 20 years in the Spirit Lake district, where the “mountain devils” or gorilla-like animals were reported to have attacked a prospecting party, terms the reported discovery as “all bunk.” Murk said he has never seen signs of such animals nor has he ever heard of them.
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Source(s): https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87093407/1924-07-16/ed-1/?sp=14
Categories: Newspapers, Proto-Bigfoot, Ape Canyon