Casper Star-Tribune from Casper, Wyoming • 166

r-(-B 62ND ANNUAL WYOMINU uHhUPtiw 'Little JPeople' tales acM to Gasper lore 3 Mr. Phelps, a congenial gentleman, explained the story of the little head and the little people in general. In his words he said, "Evidence points to the ancient existence of these little people in Wyoming. Three adult mummies have been found (which can be documented) along with seven severed heads. It would seem that these little fellows may have taken the skulls of their victims as tokens of their prowess.

That at least points to some sort of ideology. By JOHN A. BONAR GLENROCK Countless are the tales concerning "The Little People" of Indian legend. Whether a myth or a reality, the ageless and interesting stories prevail and it deserves investigation. The year was Bud Williams of the Wardrobe Cleaners in Casper asked me jf I had seen the "Little Man's" head that Mr.

Richard Phelps, an orthopedic specialist, had in his office across the street. "Dr. Barnum Brown (paleontologist, New York Museum of Natural History) while excavating fossil dinosaur bones In the 1930's in Shell Canyon, Wyoming, said he round evidence of a small tree dwelling man having existed prehlstorically in that area. 1 "All three of the complete mummies have been stolen." Ivan, Casper used car salesman, had a complete skeleton of the legendary "Little People." I re member that he used its horrible-looking picture in Casper newspaper car advertisements in the late 1940's. He took it to New York to feature it In Ripley's 'Believe it or Not' nationwide syndicated column.

Mr. Goodman became ill. He flew back to Casper and died shortly afterward. One of the Casper librarians claims that a S. Leonard Wadler of New York City acquired It for study In 1950 from Ivan Goodman.

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