Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-10-10
CANVASS WILD MAN.
THE STRANGE BEING SEEN AGAIN
LAST WEEK.
Two Cowboys Find Him While Hunting
FOR Lost Cattle-He Approaches Them
but Disappears at the First Show Of
HOStilitieS.

ior LOST Cattle-He Approaches Them
but Disappears at the First Show Of
Hostilitics.
For years past strange being has,
from time to time, been seen hopping
about from crag to crag, on the edge
OF the lava, by cattlemen, prospectors
and Others crossing Camas Prairie,
and many story has been told about
the wonderful appartion. During
the Indian occupation of the country,
TINS strange being was seen quite fire.
quently, at safe distance from the
road, but in recent years, and prob
ably owing to the large numbers of
whites who have invaded this section,
the strange beings apparitions have
become SO few that the reports heard
about him and his carvings on were
discredited.
Two cowboys who have just come
IN from Camas Prairie relate an cx-
perlenee which will probably 90 a
great way toward reestablishing the
popular faith in the wild mans tradi
ton. On the first day Of this month
two cowboys searching for cattle lost
IN the storm passed over some lava
crags, and We're startled by suddenly
seeing before them the form 50 often
described to them. They were so
terrified that they sat upon their horses,
looking at it i'll dread. Mastering
courage and drawing their revolvcrs
they dismounted and gave chase, but
the strange being skipped from crag
to erag as nnnbly as mountain goat.
After an hours pursuit both young
men were SO utterly worn out that
they laid down-seeing which the
wild man gradually approached them
and stopped on tho opposite side of
a gorge in the lava, from which point
he regarded the cowboys intentv.
The latter would not shoot, as they
considered it would be uniustfiablc,
though they kept their pistols ready
for use, while carefully returning the
compliment in thoroughly inspecting
the phantom of Snake River.
4 he wild man was considerably
over six feet in hight, with great, mus
cular arms which reached to his knees.
The muscles stood out in great knots,
and his chest was as broad as that Of
bear. Skins were twisted about his
feet and ankles, and wolf-skin about
his waist. All parts of his body to be
seen were covered by long, black
hair, while from his head the hair flow
ed over his shoulders in coarse tangled
rolls, and mixed with heavy beard.
His face was dark and swarthy, and
his eyes shone brightly, while two
tusks protruded from his mouth. His
fingers were the shape of claws, with
long, sharp nails, and he acted very
much as a wild animal would which
is unaccustomed to seeing man. The
boys made all kinds of noises, at the
sound of which he twisted his head
from side to side and moaned-appar-
emily he could not give them any
shack talk" SO, wearying of cycling
him, the two boys fired their reyolvers,
the wild man turned
double somersault and jumped Is
feet to low bench and disappeared,
growing terribly as he went.
1t is supposed that this is the same
apparition that has so often been
seen before. The man, no doubt,
does as the Indians did for subsistence.
and lives on Camas roots, which grow
wild by acres, and he no doubt kills
Young stock as many yearlings and
calves disappear mysteriously. and
nothing but skeletons of them are
ever found.
The boys at the stock camp are ar
angling to go out Oh scout again to
'vertake him, when, being provided
With lariats, they will Assoc him and