Ronald Bristlewolf

Ronald Bristlewolf was convicted of killing three people in the Black Rock Desert in June, 1978. The victims were:

• Richard Weese, 40 of Longmont, CO
• Judy Weese, 31, also of Longmont, CO
• Peter Cachenaut, 75, a fellow desert recluse, who was killed after the Weeses.

In his work of fiction, Bergon states that Bristlewolf lived at Pinto Hot Springs.

References

• "Nevadan Hermit Faces Charges of Murder of Three Persons," Ocala Star-Banner, January 22, 1980
• "Hermit Guilty of 3 Killings Near his Dugout," The Miami News, February 6, 1980.
• Frank Bergon, "Wild Game,", 1994. p. 112. (A work of fiction that mentions Bristlewolf and is probably based on Claude Dallas, who was convicted of killing two game wardens in southwestern Idaho.
• Deanne Stillman, "Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, a Mojave Hermit, and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History," 2012. Quotes Bergon, but has Pinto Hot Springs in the Virginia Range?