Kuskokwim River Region, Alaska
For about 20 years beginning in 1919, the area around the Kuskokwim River in Alaska was held in thrall to an Eskimo man named Klutuk. Legends throughout Alaska tell of the legendary Klutuk who killed any trapper he felt was encroaching upon what he looked upon as his area. His violence was brutal but impersonal, leaving bodies with both gunshot and ax wounds. He died in 1938 of unknown causes, though many tried to take credit for his slaughter.