Incident #1000673
Vancouver, Mt. St. Helens, Washington
before 1847
Account
Paul Kane wrote in his journal that the Indians told him Mt. St. Helens was inhabited by beings of a different species who are cannibals. One man was said to have escaped when his companion was eaten by the "Scoocooms."
When
- Year
- before 1847
Where
- State / province
- Washington
- County
- Mt. St. Helens
- Nearest Town
- Vancouver
- Direction from Town
- North Northeast
- Distance from Town
- 25
- Population of Town
- 42000
- Latitude
- 461---
- Longitude
- 1221---
What was seen
- Population Status
- wild
- Shot Hit
- No
Witnesses
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
- Report type
- hearsay
Setting
- Terrain
- alpine
Source
- Source
- Paul Kane in "Wanderings of an Artist"
- Source Type
- book
- Source Date
- 1847
- Source reliability
- 2
- Incident reliablility
- 1
- Incident type
- 1