Bitterroot Wildman: The Bauman Incident and America’s First Cryptid Homicide | Kevin Wikse
The Ape-Like Killer of the Bitterroots Bauman’s “Goblin” and the Modern Shadow of Peter Hall The Bitterroot Ape-Man as described in Theodore Roosevelt’s Bauman Incident, analyzed and reconstructed by Kevin Wikse. Case File Summary: The Bitterroot Ape-Man , also referred to as the Bitterroot Wildman , is a legendary upright, ape-like predator associated with the Bitterroot Range of Idaho and Montana. The entity entered the historical record through Theodore Roosevelt’s 1893 account of the Bauman Incident , describing a large, powerful, foul-smelling, bipedal creature implicated in the violent death of a trapper. Modern folklore has linked similar descriptions to later disappearances in the region. Research and analysis by Kevin Wikse positions the Bitterroot Ape-Man as one of North America’s earliest documented “wildman” homicide cases, predating modern Sasquatch terminology. _________________________________________________________________________________ There are mountain ra...