The literature of Bigfoot contains examples of Bigfoot aggression towards humans. Two reports that immediately come to mind are the Bauman incident from the mid-1800's as related in Teddy Roosevelt's book "Wilderness Hunter" and the Mount St. Helens miners' incident from 1924 as told by Fred Beck. However both of these incidents, which resulted in attacks, could be considered provoked in that gunfire did occur prior to the actual attacks. In the Bauman incident, it was Bauman himself who shot at a Bigfoot during the night when he saw it outside his lean-to (it had apparently wrecked his lean-to earlier that day and came back that night). It was Bauman's partner though who ended up getting killed by the Bigfoot two days later when Bauman was out collecting traps while his partner was breaking camp. The miners' story is pretty well-known, Marion Smith and Fred Beck both shot at a Bigfoot before being attacked by Bigfoot or Bigfeet during the night at their cabin. Fred Beck shot at one the following morning too...that was the one that fell down into Ape Canyon not to be found. Ape Canyon has a way of making things disappear it would seem. This was where Jim Carter disappeared in 1950 while skiing. It's believed to be Bigfoot related also in that his tracks through the snow gave the impression of one being pursued with erratic ins and outs from tree cover to all-out crevasse jumping. Even if one would dismiss it as a case of foolish skiing, it wouldn't explain why Jim Carter would completely abandon the group he was with (he had initially skiied downhill ahead of them to take their pictures as they in turn skiied down) nor would it explain what became of his body which should have been at the very bottom of Ape Canyon according to his ski trail. One can't really say if this was a provoked attack by a Bigfoot though. To my knowledge no Bigfoot tracks were even found in the open snow, although the treeline may have proved different if investigated. Something caused Jim Carter to ski to his death, whether he was "hunted" or simply had a panic reaction on seeing a Bigfoot is unclear. What is clear though is that his body and gear were indeed "harvested" by something. It should have been at the bottom of Ape Canyon but wasn't. I wish I could recall more details of the hunter from the '50's/'60's who was found torn limb from limb. This was another possible Bigfoot incident. Officially listed as a bear mauling despite the fact that the body was indeed torn limb from limb...hardly a mauling. The unfortunate hunter had happened upon a "bear" and expended all his rounds (5 I believe) on the animal before resorting to using his rifle as a club. The rifle was found broke in a peculiarly twisted fashion rather than say split stock. Just some small details like that made this "bear" mauling seem highly atypical to say the least.
Posted on Sep 24, 2002, 1:47 PM from IP address 205.187.139.59