Joe Knowles was a fraud who mostly faked a survival ordeal in the Maine woods in 1913. Although he did hike some considerable distance and gather a bit of his own food, he spent most of the time in a cabin with provisions (and his favorite beer) provided by a friend. The top and bottom photos in this group show him during a post-expedition exam at the Harvard U. gym.
The photo above shows Joe Knowles in what he purported to me the skin of a bear (or bears) that he killed and skinned. Observers noted bullet holes and signs of commercial processing. Whatever we may think of his ethics, Joe Knowles was a pretty good looking man.
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