Michigan 1880s - How to Create a Wild Man Story

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Hezekiah Barker, a long-time trapper in Michigan and Wisconsin, recounted several of his adventures to a reporter for the Green Bay (WI) Press-Gazette, which published a story about him on January 19, 1896.  If a less-than reputable Bigfoot "researcher" wanted to create an old Bigfoot story that few people would bother researching, they would show everyone the first part of this story without including the second.  Not every wild man in the 1800s was a Bigfoot.