Mowglis Memories: Ep 97 Scott Gibbs - A Star in a Family of Mowglis Icons

Scot Gibbs Den 1966

Den 1966

Episode 97

Scott Gibbs - A Star in a Family of Mowglis Icons

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Show notes: https://mowglismemories.blogspot.com/2023/08/ep-97-scott-gibbs-star-in-family-of.html

Please note, there were some sections where we had technical difficulties with the recording but they do not last long and it's well worth bearing with them.

Scot Gibbs came to Mowglis in 1965 for his Panther and Den years with a bit of a family edge.

His father, Carter Gibbs, had been a legendary Tripmaster at Mowglis and was even honored with a trail named for him in the Cardigan Range. He had gone on to a distinguished career in the leadership of the US Forest Service.

Scot playing with his band the
Jimmy Lehroux Band

His Grandmother Irene Gibbs and her brother Myron Braley (Scot's uncle) and his grandfather George Gibbs were fixtures at Mowglis from the Elwell to the Hart years at Mowglis. Even his uncle Ivan Gibbs was famed for his Gun Shows at the Gibbs farm where he demonstrated many weapons and the power of an arrow in the hands of Jim West vs a bullet. . . the bullet lodged in a bucket of sand, Jim West's arrow's head went clear through both sides!

But enough of Scot's back story because he built his own reputation at Mowglis as "One of the best marksmen I ever saw." according to Phil Hart. "He could drop to a knee and shoot a target almost flawlessly." He was also a member of the Gopher Squad in Panther and Washington Squad in Den; and, according to him received the singular honor of being the Graduate chosen by the staff for a pre-reville trip, while still in his bed, to the waterfront for an inpromptu dip! According to Scot this was done to a denite of whom the staff were especially fond.

He was a member of the Den that had some very big Mowglis names: the Late Doug George, Worthy Johnson, Peter Punderson, Jeff Gilfoy, along with a "fellow of few words but a great sense of humor", Chris Howard.

Scot would love to hear from old friends. His email address is: GibbsScott2950 (at) gmail.

I can see why Scot was such a popular guy at Mowglis and it wasn't just because he declared me to be the Elder Storyteller for Mowglis . . . He's just an all-around nice fellow.

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