California 1880s (Early) - The Creature of Happy Camp

[Trogluddite]

This story is identified in The Bigfoot Casebook Updated by Janet and Colin Bord; it is from the appendix of a book titled The Hermit of Siskiyou - or - Twice-Old Man, which can be found at https://archive.org/details/hermitsiskiyou00musicrich/mode/2up.  This book was published in 1896 "to aid in the perpetuation of some of the quaint legends that have become in a degree historical" of the Siskiyou Range.  It might be a great book for California history buffs, although its written like an epic poem - so be prepared.  I've included both the poetical telling of the wild man and the note from the appendix.

 

                         

 

 

                            

 

 

UPDATE 11 Sept. 2026:  On January 5, 1936, the Oakland (CA) Tribune published an article based on the footnote above.  This article was erroneously given its own entry in these archives.  It is now included below and the duplicate post has been deleted.

 

Edited September 12 by Trogluddite
To fix formatting; then to consolidate a duplicate post.