Many years ago, I received a call from a man in northern California who was interested in Yeti or “Big Foot.” He had heard of the Reavis Valley, a landlocked biotic island high above the Sonoran Desert floor that supported a dense Ponderosa pine forest. He wanted to know how to get to the Reavis Ranch.

I must admit, I had heard everything now. A story of “Big Foot” in the Superstition Wilderness Area was preposterous, if not downright laughable.

Then I thought for a moment about another tale about a strange encounter more than eighty years ago, when two prospectors hiked into the area of Pope Springs to search for gold.

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