Imperial Valley Press (El Centro, Calif.), July 15th 1924 Gorilla Search Will Probably Be Fruitless KELSO, Wash., July 15. – Although a party of four men under C. A. Parker, of the forestry service, left early Monday to hunt down and either kill or photograph the gorillas or “mountain devils” of Spirit Lake, the belief…
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[1924] [7/22]: “‘Ape Men’ Prove Youngster From Summer ‘Y’ Camp” [WA]
Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), July 22th 1924 “Ape Men” Prove Youngster From Summer “Y” Camp By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., July 22, – Two boys at the Young Men’s Christian Associated camp at Spirit Lake, on the slopes of Mount St. Helens, believe they were the “apes” which prospectors reported hurled stones at their…
[1924] [7/18]: “‘Gorilla Men’ Branded Myth” [WA]
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….
[1924] [7/20]: “‘Ape Men’ Attack, Called Myth” [WA]
Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), July 20th 1924 “Ape Men” Attack, Called Myth (By The Associated Press.) KELSO, Wash., July 19 – The tale of “tall gorilla men,” or as some called them, the “ape men” who were credited [with having attacked a party of trap]pers in the mountains here last week, […] is a myth,…
[1922] [1/19]: “Wild Men In Cold Regions” [Himalayas]
The Wallace Miner (Wallace, Idaho), January 19th 1922 Wild Men in Cold Regions. As a result of the announcement in the dispatches of the Mount Everest expedition of finding tracks in the snow of wild men, called by the Tibetans “abominable snowmen,” much comment and interest have been aroused in London among explorers who have…
[1893] Book Excerpt: Theodore Roosevelt – Bauman’s Goblin-Beast Story
The Wilderness Hunter (1893) by Theodore Roosevelt Excerpt from Chapter XX (20) of the complete book (Page 347-352), or Chapter IX (9) of just Volume 2, entitled “In Cowboy Land” – Bauman’s Goblin Story: Frontiersmen are not, as a rule, apt to be very superstitious. They lead lives too hard and practical, and have too…
[1873] [11/27]: Wild Man Sensation Story [Hoax] [WV]
This post contains two newspaper articles, one being a supposed Wild Man story and the other being it’s purported unraveling, with the supposed Wild Man reportedly being identified. They are both presented here together for a complete context. The Weekly Register (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]), November 27th 1873 A Sensation! – A wild man…
[1921] Book Excerpt: “Abominable Snowman” – Mount Everest The Reconnaissance by Charles Howard-Bury
Mount Everest The Reconnaissance (1921) by Charles Howard-Bury Chapter VIII (8): The Upper Kharta Valley and The 20,000 Foot Camp On September 22, leaving Raeburn behind, Mallory, Bullock, Morshead, Wheeler, Wollaston and myself started off to Lakhpa La camp. We left the 20,000-foot camp in 22° of frost at four o’clock in the morning, accompanied…
[1899] Book Excerpt: “Wild Men of The Mountains.” – Among the Himalayas by Laurence Waddell
Among the Himalayas (1899) by Laurence Waddell Chapter V (5): The Alpine Lachoong Valley To The Tibetan Frontier – The Tang-kar, Dong-Kia, Seeboo, Pata and Gora Passes Page 223-224 labeled “Wild Men of The Mountains.” In the morning, as the snow had ceased, and it lay only about a foot deep, we decided to push on…
[1896] [11/19]: “Strange Craft of The Sky” [CA]
The San Francisco Call (San Francisco [Calif.]), November 19th 1896 Strange Craft of The Sky Sacramento Men Describe the Airship Claim They Saw Its Occupants and Heard Them in Conversation SACRAMENTO, Cal., Nov. 18. – The one topic of conversation in this city today has been the reported appearance of an airship over the eastern…