Bisbee daily review., 1903-06-11
GRAND CANYON WILD MAN.
An Additional Attraction Has Beer
 Provided at the Great Gorge.

EiO'iNSI dh tHc o1C0L SOISC-
 The people of Arizona duly appre ciate the fact that they have in tho Grand Canyon the greatest attraction for tourists that the world affords, bu they have silently mourned the ab seEce of exciting features in connec tion with the wonderful gorge. says the Republican: Every little jim crow seashore resort has its sea SC pent, but the Grand Canyon has beer under a serious handicap in havin, nothing but its own scenery wherewith to thrill visitors. The shortage has been remedied. however. The canyon has wild man We know it har- bors wild man, for the San Francisco Examiner is authority for the story and the Examiner never iies-at least it does not always admit that it is ly- ing. And, anyway, people are hard to please who insists upon the affidavit with each story that appears in the Sunday supplements of the yellow jour nals. Our citizens should not fail to take along a camera for, protection against the wild man: But here is the story:
 Many strange stories have been told of the wild man" of the Grand Can. yon of the Colorado, and while some persons have credited these weird tales. they have for the most part been regarded as the ingenious inventions of imaginative travellers. and have passed into tradition as such. But ac- cording to I. W. Stevens of Cedar, Col orado. the wild man" is not a myth, and he gives a thrilling account of an encounter he had with the creature.
 Two years ago" says Mir. Stevens, T had business in the northwestern Eeighborhood of the extreme lower end of the Grand Canyon of the Colo. rado river, in Mohave county, Arizona Having the misfortune of getting my arm broken, took trip to the river to kill time and catch a few beaver constructed a skiff, with the aid of a friend. and. when my arm got strong enough, took trip up the Canyon as far as could go with boat. A few lies above the entrance I hauled my boat upon the sand and got ready tc examine the rock walls.
 The first thing that attracted my attention was the imprint of bare fee in the sand. Thinking the tracks haC been made by some Indian, perhaps z Piute or a Hualapi, began lookihs the gorge over with much interest. Go ing down syeam a short distance found more tracks.
 "The third day of my stay saw tn, head of man on bench of rocks or the north side of the river. Evidentl. he was seated on the edge of a elf some distance above my camp.
 rowed up stream a little above tn point where I saw the mans head an part of his shoulders above the grease wood brush. Climbing up to th bench I had some difficulty in fndin Q place that I could get over the Iedg and be on a level with my strang neighbor.
 T finally succeeded in approachin closer to the point. I saw sitting on large boulder a man with long whit hair and matted beared that reache to his knees. The creature was LII aware of my approach. and gazed LII On him for some moments unobserveC He was about forty yards away an in full view He wore no clothing. an upon his talon-like fingers were claw !; at least two inches long. A coat ( gray hair nearly covered his bod! ; with here and there a spot of dirt skin showing, I had found the vii
 man of the rocks.
 At that moment rock loosened D
 some animal came rolling down. Th
 creature turned his face toward m
 scared and burned brown by the SUI
 with fiery green eyes. With a vii whoOp and a leap he was up over rock
 and cliffs like mountain sheep fC about seveniy-fve yards. Then
 stopped. He was armed with que;
 shaped club, large enough to fell an O
 Brandishing this bludgeon, he shrieke and chattered for a moment, the
 started toward me, roaring and sti
 fiourishing his weapon. Faster ar
 faster he came and my hair began
 st;ffen.
 T am a poor runner. so stood IT
 ground. When the creature was wit
 in about fifteen yards of me I raise
 ny rife to fire, thinking to cripple hid
 As I glanced along the barrel I heal
 growl just above the wild man. II
 also had heard the eroUI and brace himself for the shock.
 T drew a hasry bead 9a the coug: and pressed the trigger When u smoke had cleared away the motht
 cougar lay dead where the wild ma stood The man himself had disa = peared. The two young cougars vel still or the rock apparently great
 frightened by the report and echoes
 my old Sharp's rife.
 Reaching hastily for a cartridge,
 found I had neglected to buckle on n
 belt when leaving camp, so I hastii
 retreated to the boat, where I fouI
 everything as I had left it. l shove