The Carver inspired by... ':Little House on the Prairie' !?

This is from an episode of 'Little House on the Prairie' (the episode is called "Sylvia"), where a woman named Sylvia is raped by a mime with a mask eerily similar to that of The Carver: http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/littlehouse/images/2/2c/IrvHartwig.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130708233621

That's... pretty interesting inspiration!