OK. I'm putting to rest my 1st day of investigative inquiry on the subject if bigfoot and the account of Jacko:
Though my research is not exhaustive, I believe I have stumbled on an important piece of the story as yet undiscovered:
https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist18840824uvic/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater&q=%22Wild+man%22
In this news account from August of 1884, two separate letters were sent in to the Daily British Colonist regarding the original story.
The first is a letter saying that Jacko was sent by rail for exhibition in the town of Centerville. Funny enough, the newspaper is at this time (despite their original reporting) dismissive of the correspondence, assuming it was no more than a joke being played.
The second is from a man who was said to be the keeper of Jacko. He claims that this was false and he was mad about all the inquiries being directed toward him. 🤣
I used the search term "wild man" to find these stories.
Though my research is not exhaustive, I believe I have stumbled on an important piece of the story as yet undiscovered:
https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist18840824uvic/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater&q=%22Wild+man%22
In this news account from August of 1884, two separate letters were sent in to the Daily British Colonist regarding the original story.
The first is a letter saying that Jacko was sent by rail for exhibition in the town of Centerville. Funny enough, the newspaper is at this time (despite their original reporting) dismissive of the correspondence, assuming it was no more than a joke being played.
The second is from a man who was said to be the keeper of Jacko. He claims that this was false and he was mad about all the inquiries being directed toward him. 🤣
I used the search term "wild man" to find these stories.