Theodore Roosevelt's book "The Wilderness Hunter" is 600 pages about life on the frontier. Hidden within it, is a story that Roosevelt believed, about a trapper who got out alive, and a trapper that didn't.
Fun fact: Roosevelt tends to speak about people in detail, giving reference to who a person is and what his connection was to them, making them easily identifiable as historical individuals. He doesn't do this with Bauman, which has caused a popular theory to be that Roosevelt IS Bauman. The age lines up, as when Roosevelt wrote the story, his wilderness days were largely behind him. Furthermore, it seems like a good way to get your insane and somewhat embarrassing story out there without sounding like a crazy person yourself.
I was kind of shaky on writing skills until he described how the quiet would "brood" over the forest. That was way cool and facilitated my opinion of his writing skills to increase measurably.
He was by far one of the most compassionate, creative, and respectable presidents we've ever had. I actually have a few of his books in my collection that I skim through on occasion, usually before a hike or camping trip. They are fantastic reads.
I was taken by the fact that Roosevelt's writing was so lyrical and easy to listen to, as many writer of his time where over flowery and wordy to the point of nonsensical. Your whole treatment was excellent as usual. Thank you for digging out this story.
Agreed. A good writer does more than present the facts; they illustrate atmosphere, avoid unnecessary embellishment and repetition of details and words. That all adds up to be a real art form and expression of good taste. I try to write good but me no write so good sometimes.
A few chapters before this one Roosevelt is talking about an Indian guide he had hired that nearly refused to go much farther into the mountains because of the “ things on those mountains that will kill me if they catch me alone” . The Indian finally went along but with much fuss and only because he was accompanied by two other men.
@Ken Stanaford So going to these places would be like lying to a tribe member? Betrayal essentially. Does your tribe have stories about these creatures or what they are?
@Ken Stanaford Yes, they have been called many names by different tribes across the land: Chiye tanka, lofa, Omah, siatco,skookum, tsul Kalu. Some speak of them as "wild men", "mountain devils", others speak of them in a positive way, that they are helpers of the people and guardians, and seen spiritually as guides(not just creatures) similar to the bear and the wolf. About Dennis Martin, here is the video where I first learned of this, I think you have seen it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jda0-C5awNE.html They mention that a few hours after he disappeared, some other family hiking in the area encountered what looked like a "hairy, shaggy man" descending the slope in a very unnatural looking way with something large slung over his shoulder. Very interesting detail. People have also tried to link these creatures and their supposed tendency to snatch children to the phenomena known as "The missing 411" where people just vanish in national parks, never to be seen again, though it is still uncertain what is behind it all. My question to you is, is there any chance or point in trying to establish contact with the creatures? Are they intelligent enough to understand intentions? Are they best left alone? Surely first nation people have had some attempts with them in the past, there are stories of leaving berries for them outside as an offering.
I am a Welshman living in Japan, and so, I am very unlikely to experience a Sasquatch,,,,However, these are some of the finest videos I have listened to. Just incredible. Thank you.
Roosevelt was a no-nonsense man, by the time he'd met Baumann. He'd lost both his mother and his wife, which was the reason that drove him to the Dakota Badlands. He was on a cathartic journey; and had he suspected Baumann of lying, he definitely would have called him out on it.
@faultroy Try learning a bit about Theodore Roosevelt's life, before you make an idiotic statement like that. You'll be less likely to come out looking like a complete jackass. Start with his book: The Wilderness Hunter. After that, just spend some time researching him at a library... or better yet... an actual Archive. Don't waste your time being a keyboard warrior trying to do it all on the internet, because most of the juicy stuff isn't on the net.
This story is true because all the past stories from Russia and Himalayan regions say the same that this thing was not a friendly creature. Nowadays Yeti make a cup of tea somewhere and meet people.
Faye Martin Why? Mrs you need to come down to earth and smell the coffee, taste the acid , brew some magic mushrooms , later wave to BF go for a walk with some beer while smoking cannibis go deeper into the woods see a bear and stop and just stare, your senses are on overdrive wave to another BF watch another bear light another joint get the flask out drink some Mushy's light another joint head back to camp all while tripping find a footprint stare at it until someone says come on drink a beer have a leak watch the flask like a hawk BC the last of the mushrooms are in that make it back to camp your bird looks shagable smile get a hug sit down and say saw two BFs and bears footprints then hear where are yous look around say that's jims voice that's what camping is all about not dreaming of been a pop star at 60 live the lift live BF . Sponsor by your 4x4 dealer.
Dave Burton Bauman should have been arrested for murder. He clearly made up this fanciful tale to cover up his killing of his trapping partner. Partner probably stole money from him and in a rage Bauman killed that man.
Very eerie story. You can imagine the terror that Baumann must have felt returning to camp to find his dead friend, and then realizing he was all alone out there...with whatever that "thing" was.
QUESTION: Did Rosevelt hear this story before or AFTER he signed the National Parks into affect??? Wonder if he knew about Bigfoot and decided to protect it or keep people away???
From what I know of TR's life history, he was out west decades before he acquired Presidential powers. I can only thank him for saving so much of the nation's natural beauty from human exploitation. He was a man ahead of his time in many ways.
We had every so often a President with BIG BRASS ONES! Trump's another in that line... speaks his true mind does what he feels is right. Popular or not ..
@@muttomaki1 I carry a large knife when beaver trapping, mostly for cutting brush, but I've stabbed beavers with it. I wish the video was still on my channel.
Roosevelt also once told a story about hunting out West with a companion and one night they heard unearthly howls and growls. Roosevelt said he never heard anything like it before and he was an avid outdoors man and was quite familiar with the animals of the forests. He said it was "chilling" and that the creature was obviously quite large to make such a sound. He and his companion stayed up all night watching for the creature but he never saw what was making the horrible noises. Pretty creepy.
Idk I feel like a Bigfoot could take two dudes at once. People claim they shake off gunshots and are still able to run away after taking a riffle shot to the head/hip/chest. Idk what to think. I want them to be real because it’s super interesting but we need some video or a body.
I listen to this over and over again. You are a great story teller. You don’t have to convince your listeners of anything or try to lay out any fact based arguments. Just give them a great story. The story telling is the convincing part.
Teddy was a pretty effective writer. Funny how some of our most memorable presidents have distinctly unique personalities. Love them or hate them, they are certainly different from the average people who enter politics. My big brother, who was a Boy Scout, positively worshiped TR.
@@taylordakoda67 no theyre obviously referring to the other parents relative. So his wife's grandfather not his. That's why he said his son is related not himself.
@@mikehewitt2146 perhaps "verified" would've been a better choice? to the original point, as overdeveloped as parts of our country are or are becoming, there still a great many places that can still be fairly described as "wilderness" most people can't really conceive how much nature still hasn't been disturbed yet
@@Viking_Luchador There are large areas in the US that people simply have no access to due to terrain and how wild it is. Plus you have federally-protected game lands to boot.
@@filthycasual8187 yes, that is the general gist of what I was saying. And federal land isn't really a "no-go" zone, just no hunting or commercial enterprises.
@@Viking_Luchador Yeah but my point was that these game lands exist alongside the aforementioned impassable terrain, and, at least in my home state of Pennsylvania, are all pretty heavily forested. There's plenty of habitat to be had in the USA and so it's not hard to believe for anyone with critical thinking skills that there *could* be a surviving, thriving population of bipedal hominids living in the wild eras of the country.
Interesting that Roosevelt described the woods as "silent" after the attack, which is a phenomenon what is often reported when Bigfoots are present--no birds, animals, insects or frogs are heard. Of course it might have simply been a literary device to describe the overwhelming darkness.
awesome story and very well told! my grandfather was one of these frontier people. he was the son of a german brewer in milwaukee and ran away from home at the age of 12 and spent some time as a hobo in the southwest. in the winter the crow indians picked him up starving and he lived with them until 18. he later became an ethnologist and indian mythology expert, reemigrated back to germany in the 20s and published and amazing collection fo indian fairy tales as they were told around the campfires. this story could be right out of his book ;-) his name was hans rudolph rieder. cheers from berlin! florian
One of the more seemingly realistic Bigfoot tales that I have ever heard. It has been played out in several movies over the years. There is a great version of Bauman's tale in "Sasquatch: The Legend of Bigfoot", as well as a great adaptation of the fiasco at Ape Canyon, near Mount St.Helen's.
Bob Gymlan I might hang around and see if you can make me a believer,well the evidence I like going to bed and listen to stories so this could be interesting 🍻☘👍🏼PS you've a lot of subs I'll sub now love from Ireland 🐒☘📸
RamblinAround its because he's damn near at genius IQ!! listen to his delivery and how redescribes other's stories... Bob's put plenty of thought into every thing he says and shows us in his videos! great stuff bro! no homo... love your work, I'm a big fan! please keep them coming.
For a long time many bigfoot stories sounded rather silly to me, but you really tell only the most compelling stories, and have brought me back to seeing how interesting and plausible the idea of such a creature is
Yasmine, If you are speculating (figuratively) you might want to subscribe and listen to some great vids under Howtohunt on YT. Great stories told, sent in by Reliable witnesses. And Steve, the storyteller is easy on this gals eyes....
I just found your channel recently. I’ve been watching them in reverse of how you put them out, expecting them to get perpetually worse so at the end when you’ve uploaded a new video it will be a breath of fresh air. So far, you’ve set the bar to high from the get go. They’re all exquisite.
One of the most well written wood beastie stories of all time! It really captures the remoteness of the wilds up in the remote mountains and the dread of a stalking and unknown 'thing '. Scared the pants off me when I was a little kid and I guess it still does. Thanks Bob. A tale well told!
I have met two people who have encountered a large bipedal ape like creature one of them is family the other one a co-worker. The encounters we're years and miles apart. Neither one is a bragger or given to tall tails. Both men of good repute. When they told thear stories I was a skeptic but in both cases you could see fear on their faces as they were describing the creatures that they saw. I believe them.
Won-ton are what you get in a Chinese soup. Wanton (pronounced as WANT-EN) is a word that describes frivolous disrespect or disregard for the possessions or property of others. Great fricking story! BULLY!
It bothers me too, but I figure it is just a regional dialect. Can be surprising how two native speakers can pronounce the same words very differently.
Armando is right. The story is a good one but every time the narrator said "Wanton,....like...'wawn..tawn', it bothered me. It is pronounced 'want.....en'. The emphasis is on the first syllable. However....I enjoyed the story.
Thanks for this. As a kid, I loved this scary story in Bigfoot books but never heard the full version. Having now heard it as a skeptical adult, there are several assumptions - through literary license or what Roosevelt was told - about what happened during the killing (creature sneaked up quietly from behind, pulled head back, etc) that sound like they were taken at face value by Roosevelt.
Ur the most underrated RU-vidr ur so matter of fact and I love the new animations in ur other videos along with ur story telling is a deadly combination. u should do some about ufos and other mysteries. U have a way of selling it. U were probably a lawyer in your last life.
Mason Lee if I was a lawyer in my last life, than surely I’d reincarnate as the next level up- some kind of beetle or cricket. Thank you so much for your encouragement! It means a lot. Despite my stats, I get a lot of nasty comments.
@@BobGymlan Pay no mind to the haters and nasty commenters, your narrations are second to none in this genre..Thought provoking and very well said. I'm almost through your entire catalog!
Probably about the 10th time I've watched this but your work is amazing and Informative and I just can't say enough great things about all your content. Thank you for all your hard work.✌️💯
The moment I see something you've done I have to listen to it. You have such a naturally mysterious voice all these accounts are all the better for it. I had heard Roosevelt was an avid outdoorsman and about all the national parks and monuments he had established and had wondered what his opinion had been of these creatures. I had no idea about this experience he had recorded. Thank you Bob for bring yet another interesting experience to our attention.
LeAnn Cottman ive searched many other bigfoot experts and bob is the only one i listen too. everyone else is just trying to hard and has no where near the intellgents bob has... if you know of anyone let me know
LeAnn Cottman this mans voice is a product of generations of men who saught to find out mysteries and answers to questions nobody else wants to figure out..they passée their mysteries on down to this guy who seriously does an excellent job in every aspect of making this video..amazing work..when your family has studied the paranormal for generations your voice will probably be creepy but a good creepy 😀✌
This account sounds like it's in southwestern Montana, I lived in the Bitterroot Valley and often took trips into the Big Hole valley just east of the Bitterroot to a small town there called Wisdom, right on the Wise River. So called because when Lewis and Clark ventured through that Valley in 1805, they called the valley wise because of the wisdom of President Jefferson in acquiring the land via the Louisiana Purchase.
Holy friggn crap!! Even though you were just reading an account from a book from long ago I felt like I was right there in the woods with these 2 poor bastards getting stalked and taunted and played with!!! The fear was palpable!! Excellent story telling and reading and even though I was on the edge of my seat I didn't want it to end!! Great story and to know Roosevelt thought enough to include it in a book makes me think he may have believed it possible!!! Thanks!!
Bob Gymlan Hello thanks for the reply!! Sorry can't think of anything off the top of my head but I do like the stories where someone famous or notable are involved so anything along those lines would be cool!! Thanks again.
Tim the gun guy Bauman should have been arrested for murder. He clearly made up this fanciful tale to cover up his killing of his trapping partner. Partner probably stole money from him and in a rage Bauman killed that man.
Knowing the area where this took place extremely well, the descriptions of the forests aren't at all dramatic or exaggerated. Thechuge mountain that creates the small valley and drainage where they were is named Black Mountain with good cause.
Over 5 years since I found this, I still love to return to listen to it. It’s so interesting to hear tales like this from before the time of cryptid sensationalism. Thanks as always.
I must of read that account 10 times , what you add to the background and nessaserry impute is a mark of professionalism, don't every stop surching please Mr Gymlan I am a fond follower of all you ideas and research or just common sense thank you for your time and excellent diction .
You are allowed out into public, with your inability to spell correctly, and probably foam at the mouth in the same butcher fashion in which you fail to communicate as an adult human?
Gyut Loki The way you structure a sentence is just plain horrible and just because you have figured out how to use spell checker does not make you a wordsmith. So perhaps before you go around critiquing others you clean up your own crap!
Somewhere in this volume or possibly in his memoirs, Mr. Roosevelt accounted that on one of his journeys into the pacific northwest mountains (possibly this one) he was awakened by " ...a high, lonely, querulous wail, the like of which I've never heard before nor expect ever to hear again. It had a human quality, but was too unearthly and large a sound to have emanated from human lungs and vocal chords" That's paraphrased from memory, but it's close. I think I read the account of it in John Green's amazing book "Sasquatch, The Apes Among Us". If not there, then probably Dr. Loren Coleman's wonderful volume, entitled "Bigfoot!" Both of these are excellent reads and contain numerous accounts of human/sasquatch encounters from antiquity to present. I can't recommend them highly enough to anyone with an interest in this phenomena. Btw, great video Mr. G, thanks for the upload.
My Goodness, you're one hell of a fantastic story teller. Your svelte voice, and rhythm is so soothing, yet has me on the edge of my chair. You truly are AWESOME! I listened to that 3 times, and can picture the scene, like I was there. That's why YOU'RE MY FAV!!!! I love ya Bob, and always have. Thank you kindly for your quality work! Everyone needs to hear these stories!!! :) :) :) ♡♡♡
Ginger Countryman Bauman should have been arrested for murder. He clearly made up this fanciful tale to cover up his killing of his trapping partner. Partner probably stole money from him and in a rage Bauman killed that man.
I was on a cliff , about to jump, my phone pinged of a RU-vid notification. "New Video" by Bob Gylman! I came down off the cliff , thanks for saving my life , oh and great video !!
Bob Gymlan well good thing I didn't jump! Could have landed on you. Honestly, the way you produce your videos, your tone, and information, puts your channel at the top of my list . Someday we'll sit around a camp fire and talk BF. Thanks again for your great work
Most bigfoot stories tend to have the creature passive, more interested in avoiding human contact. Although, there are a few accounts of bigfoot being aggressive and territorial. I for one believe Bauman's story and Roosevelt's retelling of it.
Robert Ricobaldi Roosevelt was only picking at bauman hoping were the killing happened there would be more, seemingly Roosevelt never killed any and moved on back to Africa to slaughter prime beasts.
I think it was because this was a time period before there were many men with guns in the territory. It must've been hit the first night they shot at it and was angry and wanted to kill the dangerous intruders in its neck of the woods.
Just came across one of your videos last night!!! Good job! By nights end, my wife and I will have watched all of your videos!! We both like your take on one of our favorite subjects. Subscribed and liked them all, keep it up!
Mr Bob G...........I want to say thankyou. I've watched all of your videos over the consecutive years ultimately resulting in waiting avidly for your next unbiased reselling of what I believe to be very carefully selected true encounters. I have been researching all manner of cryptic, paranormal and spiritual ideas for as long as I have been able to read. All for completely personal reasons unchanged by any opinions of others and derived from evidence of countless encounters do as to draw my own conclusions based on what I believe to someone's very real experience, not to say that said experience is individually specific to a particular human. As a way of the universe having to use shock or trauma treatment as a way of awakening a soul, obviously this can manifest in many different ways, but I digress. Basically your content is awesome, your ability to deduct the important events and noteworthy truths and tell an old story in a current and believable way is a rare skill. I know life is busy and the time it must take you to do this Aswell as exist as we all do for now in this reality and the effort that comes with it is worth recognition. I feel compared to many I have listened to and listen to and some I even pay subscriptions for, yours by far is the most alluring and all should take note. I feel your following should be far greater, your ideas considered as important and your uploads worth time and an open mind. Just want to basically say it is all appreciated this end and will support with likes and shares and big ups as and wen I can. I lookforward to your future content as and wen your life allows u the time. I am patient, quality over quantity every time. Keep it up, you know it's your thing Baad B.........Stonehenge Salisbury, U.K. U.K. 🇬🇧
I meant to say that my own ideas are derived from my own experiences as well as my research and interest in others exp. Got to have the duality.....obvs 🤓🦍
Yeh sorry for the waffle, slightly embarrassing in he-insight lol, one to many single malts. keep it up bob I'm rational guy and your work is exceptional so cheers man from the uk 🇬🇧
Hey Bob, I've been listening to the audio book for The Wilderness Hunter, and I came across another reference to possible Sasquatch. This one, while not being a direct encounter by Teddy himself, but hearing them while traveling through the mountains of Montana with an old hunter and a native, who was wary about "little, bad Indians who would kill him, if they caught him alone, especially at night". He even acknowledges that the sounds in the area were strange. I couldn't tell you what page(s) it is, but it's chapter 8 in the audio book.
The native I would guess would be either Sioux or Crow; for both sects would say those things about the other, the enmity between the Crow and Sioux was long and deep, and this hunter, being his age, may very well have had dealings with Crow or Sioux. But it is also possible he is talking about some form of Sasquatch too.
I had the fortune of discovering this story in childhood. My grandparents had a largish, hardback book called "Unexplained Mysteries" or something similar, and this account was in the chapter on bigfoot. I remember consuming this story like a delicious meal... I savored every bit!
Lynda I was only pointing out who was pictured. It is Bigfoot Wallace and I know this from two impeccable sources. The first source is a great-great grand niece of Wallace who is a friend and the second is the Texas Ranger archive. Further, Roosevelt was in the Dakota territory about a thousand miles from where Wallace lived and when Roosevelt was doing his western adventures, 1884-1887, Wallace was in his late 60s so not too mobile and probably home bound. He died in 1889.
I’ve heard and seen several Squaches. It’s a common thing where I live. If I don’t sleep well I will go outside and listen to him. I’ve nicknamed him Ruckus. He’s something else.
@@highwaydaytime7669 I’ve been screamed at twice and it shook my ribs. It’s hard to explain that scream. Old bears den of Bigfoot did my story four years ago. The earmark is called Bigfoot in the UP of Michigan. However I live in lower Michigan. I had two sightings driving home from work. The one was at 4 AM and the other one was at 1 AM. I got a very good look at both of them because my car headlights was dead on him and the one time I was stopped getting ready to turn on another road he had bright red eyes. And the other one was standing next to a tree. However there is so much more that I can’t explain it all. Thanks for asking
@@jmac6248 But we’re not talking about voters. We’re talking about Teddy himself. He seemed to believe the story. He’s also one of the best presidents this country has had.
Awesome video! This is 1 of my all time favorite books! You should be a radio or tv narrator!!! You just have that voice that ppl can listen to for a whole book!
Skeptic or not, Roosevelt found it cloying enough to respect the report of the encounter. And it was important enough for him to include in the tomes. Amazing retelling, thanks bg! p
I'm a new subscriber as of right now! I'm fascinated by the subjects you cover, excited that I found your channel and pleased and sometimes amused by your narration and delivery of the vid. Thanks ever so much.
Bob Gymlan exactly. You’re mindful and well spoken. It appeases me to the fullest that I know I am not alone in my ways of rational thinking either!! Keep this good shit up!!
Well done Bob! A wealth of information about the American wilderness during the waning years of the frontier resides in Roosevelt's writings. Though one would have to consider him a privileged individual, the man did experience wilderness firsthand. Moreover, he liked and respected the frontier denizens. We are fortunate that he traveled widely among their company, listened intently to campfire tales and preserved the stories for us in objective and smoothly flowing prose. Roosevelt discusses "Liver-Eatin' Johnson" in one of his books--might even have been "The Wilderness Hunter"--though I can't remember which one as it has been about thirty-five years since last my read. He related several of the prevailing myths about Johnson's acquisition of the nickname and evidenced the same credulity tempered by healthy skepticism as portrayed in the story you read for us. Theodore Roosevelt's candidate for the most credible source of John Johnson's "Liver-Eatin'" moniker--and I also tend to accept it as the most-likely true version--was that Johnson, at the conclusion of a battle* with Indians, went out and "finished off" one of his enemy with a large knife. In the process, Johnson opened the man's body significantly, carved out a hunk of the liver and held it aloft while shouting back to his fellow combatants something akin to: "Anyone hungry for some liver?" In short, Johnson came by his infamy, in part, through a bravado act of rough and dark mountain-man humor! Although cannibalism for survival, ritualistic or perverse purposes was not unknown on the 19th Century frontier, I doubt that Johnson actually consumed the livers of his vanquished foes as so many have contended over the decades. The incident related by Roosevelt certainly rings true to my ears. Fredrick Remington also wrote contemporaneously of his own western adventures. If you haven't already read some his work, you might want to checkout "Pony Tracks." * If I recall correctly, Roosevelt indicated that it was The First Battle of Adobe Walls; but I could not verify Johnson's presence there with limited online searching this morning.
Bob Gymlan I said something humorous and got a 'Bob heart' something that seemly doesn't come by often enough maybe one or two people will get one from yourself,maybe you hit the wrong button 😱😱 'kid' I'm sure I'm about 20 yrs older than you ☹️✌️.
Until hard evidence is produced, the question is still weather or not they exist. I say that as some one who has gone from "Bigfoot definitely doesn't exist" to "Well I guess Bigfoot could exist" mostly thanks to Bob but nothing has been proven.
@@brendancoulter5761 do some research. This human hybrid (yes sasquatch is part human) has been proven to exist but the higher ups and the scientists in the ape camp suppress the truth. Anyone who still thinks bigfoot is not real or just an undiscovered ape are ignorant close minded cowardly idiots. Have a great day fool
@@brendancoulter5761 the Patterson video is proof. Can't be replicated today. The creature was walking 8 mph and humans can't replicate the stride, and are not 7ft tall walking smoothly over rough terrian
