Ape Canyon with Marc Myrsell | EP:341

In July 1924, a group of five gold prospectors—Fred Beck, Marion Smith, his son Roy Smith, Gabe Lefever, and John Peterson—endured a terrifying ordeal while working a remote claim in the rugged narrow gorge of Ape Canyon, on the southeast flank of Mount St. Helens, Washington. The miners reported harrowing encounters with towering, hairy ape-like creatures—standing approximately 7 feet tall and covered in dark fur—that culminated in a prolonged nighttime siege on their cabin. This dramatic i...