Inconclusive of course but the first time i have ever seen a Picture that is allegedly associated with this particular Story/Encounter..

http://animal.discovery.com/fantasy-creatu...-st-helens.html

Nothing ruins a wilderness trip like begin attacked by a band of menacing ape-men, but that's just what Fred Beck and four of fellow his gold miners claim happened to them on a prospecting job in Mount St. Helens in the summer of 1924. According to Beck, the men had just settled down to sleep for the night when they were awakened by an attack on their cabin. Someone — or something — was pounding the roof with rocks and trying to tear down their humble yet sturdy abode. Shocked, they grabbed their rifles and began shooting at the intruders.

The fighting continued all night long, so the story goes, but none of the men were seriously hurt. By morning, an eerie quiet had entered the camp and as the men cautiously exited the cabin, they saw an ape-man in the distance. They shot at the beast several times and it finally fell over the cliff into the canyon. It was the only one of their attackers they would see.

The men packed their belongings in a hurry — leaving most things behind — and made their way home, promising each other not to speak of the incident to anyone. Alas, the story was leaked and within a few weeks it was picked up by the local newspaper, which dubbed the beasts the "Ape-Men of Mount St. Helens."

Thx for that, the link is worth clicking on to see all the other pages of stories.

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I have my doubts about the purported photograph actually being from 1924. To my knowledge none of the many accounts of the tale has ever mentioned its existence before. Further, the original report indicated the BF was shot first, then the night time raid on the cabin occurred. Lots of apparent discrepancies here. The photo is bogus and the retelling is so sparse and compromised in detail that the whole account is a jumbled mess.
Dudlow

Dudlow hit the nail on the head. The picture was added and is not from the the Ape canyon incident. There attempt to tell the story in a paragraph didn't do it any justice.