Case file · Cryptid
The Bauman story (Theodore Roosevelt)
In 'The Wilderness Hunter' (1893) Theodore Roosevelt retold an old trapper's story: a foul-smelling creature that walked on two legs raided his camp in the Bitterroot-Salmon River country and killed his partner.
1893 CE · 45.70, -114.30 · status: account
The account
The trapper, Bauman, said that years earlier he and a companion were stalked for days; on returning to camp he found his partner dead with a broken neck and large tracks around the body. Roosevelt noted that Bauman was plainly frightened as he told it.
The sceptical view
A second-hand story told decades after the event; Roosevelt himself suggested the teller's background and fear coloured it. A bear attack is the obvious candidate.