Identified?

An artist's sketch of the Mad Trapper as he would have looked like when he was alive

Left: Sketch of what the Mad Trapper may have looked like, based on his death photo, compared to

Right : Age-enhanced and adjusted image of Ben Larson of North Dakota (media.io)

"Albert Johnson" (c. 1890–1900 – February 17, 1932), also known as the Mad Trapper of Rat River, was a fugitive whose actions sparked a huge manhunt in the Northwest Territories and Yukon in Northern Canada. The event became a media circus as Johnson eluded the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) team sent to take him into custody, which ended after a 150 mi (240 km) pursuit lasting more than a month and a shootout in which Johnson was fatally wounded on the Eagle River, Yukon. Albert Johnson is suspected to have been a pseudonym and his true identity remains unknown [Read "COVERED UP"]. Wikipedia

If you've never heard the story, you're forgiven. But I'm sure you've seen one or more of the movies based on him. They are largely accurate portrayals of what happened and why. Because honest movies about real people get it right and this guy was a real American Rambo.

AN American Rambo in Canada

In 1981, an action movie premiered based on The Mad Trapper of Rat River. It was called Death Hunt.

Then in 1982, we had First Blood which had a similar storyline.

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Both Rambo and Bronson’s Albert Johnson, like the real-life one, are mysterious characters, complete unknowns, who are hunted down for questionable reasons.

So, who was the real Albert Johnson? And was he a criminal or a victim?

These issues and the identity of the fictional version are all dealt with in the film in two hours or less. We will also try to solve this in a couple of webpages. Don't be surprised if it fits the narrative of the movies and not the narrative of the mounties!

Our story comes from the classified Constable Carter Report that was suppressed and lost or destroyed in 1932.

A new report was made from William Carter's letters but the RCMP authority in Ottawa said that it was "Not To Be Made Public".

This report was buried in the Johnson Files in the Ottawa Archives. Until it was rediscovered this year.

Wikileaks, so far, has not published it so I will go ahead and publish an abbreviated version in the first video below and the abbreviated transcript on the next page.

For the full transcript read the book Webhunt linked blow. Images of the full report now posted on the Carter Report Page here.