In September, 1927, MGM Studios decided to send their new mascot, a 400-lb. African Lion, on a goodwill trip by airplane to New York City. The aviator in charge was a stunt pilot named Marty Jensen. Unfortunately, Marty’s plane couldn’t get enough elevation to fly up and over Arizona’s “Backbone,” the 1,000-foot-high Mogollon Rim. On September 16th, he crash-landed near Hell’s Gate on Tonto Creek, east of Payson and spent the next three days trying to reach civilization.
Marty was
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