Forums · Ghostly Deer of Kendrick Peak - Edit to Include Summary
In the Latest edition of Arizona Highways magazine(Feb 2004)there is an article entitled "On the Trail of the White Ghost of Kendrick Peak".
The article tells of a ghostly deer that is said to roam the area of Kendrick Peak near Flagstaff and Williams, Arizona - plus that of a weeping woman and a bellowing wolf.![[Shocked]](graemlins/shock.gif)
Unfortunately, a web link to this article is unavailable at this time, but if AH magazine is available in your area it is on pages 34-39.
EDIT: Here's a summary of the article...
The white deer is legendary for it's ability to elude even the most professional of hunters and is suppose to be able to move about in a manner not normally attributed to deer. Those who claim to have seen it reported that it was able bound from one side of a defile to the other and could descend a wall of stone or drop off the rim of a canyon in a way that few mountain goats can. One hunter who spent two weeks trying to track it claimed the animal almost ran him over and was actually laughing in defiance at him. It was first seen in 1924 and one taxidermist offered 500 dollars for the carcass. This attracted professional hunters, but the animal was too clever even for them.
In the early 1900's there was a white wolf that was attacking livestock in the pastures and corrals that had this distinct howl which according to one writer would occur after it made a kill. The wolf was eventually tracked and killed, but people in the area claim that the wolf's howl can still be heard to this day.
The weeping woman goes like this - at about the turn of the century a lady lost track of her children and went searching for them at the Santa Fe Dam north of Williams and while doing so slipped and drowned and people claim you can hear her wailing on a stormy night. This one sounds like the tale of La Llorona; an old Mexican legend, but the difference is in that one a lady drowns her children and her ghost spends its time searching for her children along a river, pond or lake and is often given a local setting in wherever location it is being told.
[ January 21, 2004, 11:19 AM: Message edited by: Ghostdancer ]
The article tells of a ghostly deer that is said to roam the area of Kendrick Peak near Flagstaff and Williams, Arizona - plus that of a weeping woman and a bellowing wolf.
Unfortunately, a web link to this article is unavailable at this time, but if AH magazine is available in your area it is on pages 34-39.
EDIT: Here's a summary of the article...
The white deer is legendary for it's ability to elude even the most professional of hunters and is suppose to be able to move about in a manner not normally attributed to deer. Those who claim to have seen it reported that it was able bound from one side of a defile to the other and could descend a wall of stone or drop off the rim of a canyon in a way that few mountain goats can. One hunter who spent two weeks trying to track it claimed the animal almost ran him over and was actually laughing in defiance at him. It was first seen in 1924 and one taxidermist offered 500 dollars for the carcass. This attracted professional hunters, but the animal was too clever even for them.
In the early 1900's there was a white wolf that was attacking livestock in the pastures and corrals that had this distinct howl which according to one writer would occur after it made a kill. The wolf was eventually tracked and killed, but people in the area claim that the wolf's howl can still be heard to this day.
The weeping woman goes like this - at about the turn of the century a lady lost track of her children and went searching for them at the Santa Fe Dam north of Williams and while doing so slipped and drowned and people claim you can hear her wailing on a stormy night. This one sounds like the tale of La Llorona; an old Mexican legend, but the difference is in that one a lady drowns her children and her ghost spends its time searching for her children along a river, pond or lake and is often given a local setting in wherever location it is being told.
[ January 21, 2004, 11:19 AM: Message edited by: Ghostdancer ]
Thanks for the synopsis, Ghostdancer. I wasn't aware of those stories (save the weeping woman - I think almost all areas have one =) ). That deer is very curious....
Unfortunately, we discontinued our AH magazine for the time being.... I love that magazine though.
Kell
Unfortunately, we discontinued our AH magazine for the time being.... I love that magazine though.
Kell