Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, 1898 an unwelcome wild man got another taste of local hospitality last fall. A man fishing along the lakeshore reported he sighted the oddity from an estimated distance of 40 -50 yards.
The creature bared its teeth and growled at the fisherman who also had a rifle with him and immediately took aim and fired several times. The wild man ran from the area emitting “hair raising cries.”
It was believed he was hit by at least one of the bullets as spots of blood were found on some of the trees in the area. While the creature may have suffered a wound, it does not appear it was serious. In early winter two Irish wolfhounds were found dead just outside a small settlement. Footprints 19-inch long were seen in the area implicating our resident “wild man.” The settlers mounted a hunt for the creature, but nothing was found.
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