As much as I like Capstick, a lot of what he wrote proved to be more fiction than fact..
Prove it.
Somebody posted on this site some years ago that he knew the PH that PHC cited in a story about culling cape buffalo and when asked about it, the PH who was with PHC said that PHC took some liberties with it to make it a better story. IIRC, that PH also claimed that PHC borrowed adventures that other PHs had and claimed them as his own.
I have no direct knowledge about whether PHC wrote the stories as they happened to him, or if he took artistic license to make them more exciting stories, or if he borrowed stories from other PHs and claimed them as his own. Regardless of how much is true, how much is exaggerated, or how much is borrowed, they are still good stories. Besides, the guy has been dead for over 25 years and dead men tell no tales.
