wild man

Every once in a while, a movie or a TV show or something comes about that posits, what if the national parks are home to clans of feral cannibal people? And you know what? Maybe they're not too far off.

There are actually a considerable number of documented stories of people encountering wild men, feral people, hairy people, Bigfoot.

And when it comes to the missing 411 phenomenon, there are quite a few people who believe that these feral humans could be responsible for some of these disappearances.

For example, Eloise Lindsay, who was hiking the Appalachian Trail in the 1980s, claimed that she was chased off the trail for 12 days deep into the forests, only to be rescued by a hunter.

Now back to the feral people at hand.

Others have countered the claims of lack of evidence with the fact that a lot of the times missing people are never found.

So if we can't find people that we know existed, how likely is it that we're gonna find people that are evading our knowledge of their existence entirely? And then another part of the problem here is the indelicate handling of the idea of wild men and rural populations in pop culture and in media.

Often, low-income folks in areas like Appalachia will be painted as feral or inbred, you know, hillbillies, that kind of thing, when, for the most part, a lot of those people are some of the nicest people you'll ever meet.

I agree.

I think it's so much scarier than a giant, hairy wild man because presumably you could see or smell or hear the wild man before he comes up and gets you.

But in the case of the man-eating stone, the stories are that somebody is hunting in the woods, or somebody is hiking through the woods, and they need to stop to rest for a moment, so they climb on top of this big boulder and then before they can react, it just swallows them whole.

And the different illustrations that I've seen that go along with this story are super scary.

Like, if she would've wandered off the trail and got, died from exposure or whatever, we would've found more evidence of that somehow.

That's what I think.

So do we think that she could've been murdered by another Wild Man or by McDowell or by whoever murdered, um, John Harber?

Yeah.

Okay, in fifth place, it is Evan Iverson with Army of the White Hand.

So going through his list, he has Saruman with two Carbane, two Isakar Wargriders with shield and throwing spear, five Scouts with bow, one Orc with banner, three Orcs with spear, three Wildmen with spear, one Scout with shield, and one Wildman with bow.

And then Goral, fleeting one Carbane, two Isengard Wargriders with shield and throwing spears, one Force, four Scouts with bow, two Orcs with spear, and three Wildmen with spear.

And then an Oathmaker, leading two Carbane, two Wargriders with shield and throwing spear, four Scouts with bow, two Wildmen with Spear, two Orcs with Spear, and then a final Warband of just Scream and Wormtongue for a total of 46 models.

So Andrew, I believe you played him in one of your games?

Did, yeah.

Okay, so in fourth place, we have another Army of the White Hand list, and this one is by Alisher.

And so he's got Saruman with one carban, one wargrider with throwing spears, three scouts with bow, three wildmen with bow, two scouts with shield, and four orcs with spear.

Hello, friends.

Wild men roam in shadows all day Whispers of the wilderness untamed Legends of the night born unframed Lurking in the mist under moonlight Faces of fury, hearts of might Rustling leaves record their dance Every step echoes lost romance.

Wild men in the woods, they howl.

Nature's secrets in their brow.

Stories past and fireside tales.

Grown by foliage, wild and green, rarely in the daylight scene.

They're the guardians of the night, echoing through the forest night.

Wild men in the woods, they howl.