Yellow Top or The Precambrian Shield Man

In 1906, a group of men building the headframe of the Violet Mine east of Cobalt, Ontario reported seeing a hairy apelike creature, black in color with a yellow patch or mane on its head. The legend of Yellow Top was born.

The next reported sighting of this remarkable creature was July 27, 1923. Mr. J.A. MacAuley and Mr. Lorne Wilson were out working their claims. These lay north and east of the Wettlaufer Mine near Cobalt. As they were taking their test samples, they both noticed a bear picking blueberries in a nearby patch. Mr. Wilson picked up a stone and threw it at the bear.

"It kind of stood up and growled at us. Then it ran away. It sure was like no bear that I have ever seen. Its head was kind of yellow and the rest of it was black, like a bear, all covered with hair."

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