Casper Daily Tribune (Casper, Wyo.), July 18th 1924
“Gorilla Men” Branded Myth
KELSO, Wash., July 18 – The story of “tall gorilla men,” or as some called them the “ape men” who were credited with having attacked a party of trappers in the mountains here last week, is a myth, two forest rangers declared here. These rangers, J. H. Huffman, and W. M. Welch, who investigated the stories brought back by the trappers, said the stones that had been reported to have been thrown at a cabin were hurled by humans hands.
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Source(s): https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86072160/1924-07-18/ed-1/?sp=7
Categories: Newspapers, Proto-Bigfoot, Ape Canyon