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Yeah. I read that one too.

I've heard of some ( highly speculative ) indications that Humans ( of one sort or another - the variety is astonishing ! ) lived in our part of the world at about the same time they were supposedly "arising" in Africa.

I've seen some evidence there may still be a "pygmy" variation of Humans living in certain locations less than 200 miles from my present home : a variation the Indians referred to as "the Great Little People ".

While camped, quite alone, in a semi-isolated area , I awoke when something brushed against my tent. For lack of any better response, I clicked on my flashlight, and whatever it was moved on.

In the morning, I found a set of human footprints leading up to, and away from my tent. The prints were as long as
my ( average size male ) hand, but half again as wide as my hand, and looked exactly like the sort of prints someone wearing moccasins would wear, and their depth suggested a
relatively heavy individual.

I know bears and large raccoons can leave similar tracks, but these were " single-footed " : a gait used by Indians when they are stalking . One foot is put almost directly in front of the other, so that , at a glance , one sees a single line of footprints. Spacing of prints suggested a biped, about 3-4 feet tall.

A few miles away, on this same mountain, there is a natural, glacier fed, ice cave , into which you can walk a few yards. When this cave was being explored, a small rock shelter cave was noted, in which there were remnants and traces of numerous camp fires; however, the size of this little cave is such, one would have to be "child-size" to enter .

War parties from the Min'see and Mohawk often fought on this mountain, but both considered the cave area " off limits" , without mentioning the whys and wherefores.

At present, this section of the mountain still has a "bad" feeling. When you walk along the trail, there is a feeling of being under observation, and it is not unusual to catch a flicker of movement out of the corner of your eye.

Rock climbers from NYC visit parts of the mountain - which is, by the way, honeycombed with limestone caves. Climber injuries and deaths are not unusual- a common cause being "frayed" climbing ropes.

My suspicion is that there is still a "stone-age" people, living a mostly nocturnal existence bare miles away from the rest of us. If so, I hope they remain forever undisturbed !