Northern Wisconsin advertiser (Wabeno, Wis.), January 6th 1922 He Saw Snowman Englishman Corroborates Story Told by Explorers. Probability That There Is A Mysterious Race That Has Not Been Reached by Civilization. William Hugh Knight, a member of the British Royal Societies club, recently recalled to a representative of the London Times an occasion some years…
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[1817] [08/26]: “Miss Caraboo” [EN] [Hoax]
Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.]), August 26th 1817 Miss Caraboo. A woman of singularly graceful manners, supposed to be the descendant of a Chinese, is described by a Dr. Wilkinson, of Bath, in England, to have taken refuge with a Mrs. Worrall, near Bristol. None can understand her language or de-cypher her writing, not…
[1825] [02/07]: “Princess Caraboo” [EN] [Hoax]
New-Hampshire Statesman (Concord, N.H.), February 7th 1825 LONDON, Dec. 31. Caraboo. – The extraordinary young woman, who, about two years ago excited considerable attention at Bristol, by representing herself as the Princess Caraboo, daughter of a great Eastern Prince, has lately returned to Witheridge, her native place, on a visit to her mother. It is…
[1678] [08/22]: The Mowing Devil [EN]
A pamphlet from Hertfordshire, England in 1678 featuring a woodcut artwork: The Mowing-Devil: Or, Strange NEWS out of Hartford-shire Being a True Relation of a Farmer, who Bargaining with a Poor Mower, about the Cutting down Three Half Acres of Oats; upon the Mower’s asking too much, the Farmer swore, That the Devil should Mow…
[1924] [7/22]: “Camper Sought” [WA]
The Seattle Star (Seattle, Wash.), July 22nd 1924 Camper Sought “Ape Man” Story Revived by Deserted Outfit KELSO, Wash., July 22. – A report to the sheriff’s office here that a camp near St. Helens, on the upper Toulle river has been deserted for two weeks has aroused the fear that some camper has become…
[1924] [7/16]: “Hunters After Devil Beasts” [WA]
The Seattle star (Seattle, Wash.), July 16th 1924 Hunters After Devil Beasts Story Told by Prospectors Declared Partly Confirmed KELSO, July 16. – Altho[ugh] no report has been received from the expeditionary forces which Monday went into the hills to hunt the “mountain devil,” individuals who returned today from trips to the cabin of the…
[1924] [7/15]: Gorillas or Something Perturb Kelso Hunters [WA]
The Seattle Star (Seattle, Wash.), July 15th 1924 Gorillas or Something Perturb Kelso Hunters Kelso, Wash., July 15. – “We expected that people would disbelieve us; but we ran into the beast – whatever it was – four times, and finally packed up and left a perfectly good mine to get away from it.” This…
[1924] [7/31]: “Race of ‘Ape Men’ Said to Haunt Wilds of Mt. St. Helen’s In Southern Washington” [WA]
The Kevin Review (Kevin, Mont.), July 31st 1924 Race of “Ape Men” Said to Haunt Wilds of Mt. St. Helen’s In Southern Washington The fabled “mountain devils” or mountain gorillas of which the Indians[*] in the regions of the Cascade mountains have for the past sixty years been telling weird tales have at last been…
[1924] [7/17]: “Tribe of ‘Ape Indians’ Reported Found In Pacific Northwest” [WA]
The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, N.D.), July 17th 1924 Tribe of “Ape Indians” Reported Found In Pacific Northwest Several Parties Leave in Search of Verification of Existence of Tribe in Wilderness Who Attacked Band of Prospectors Kelso, Washington, July 17 (By the A. P.) – While awaiting reports from parties who have gone to the vicinity…
[1924] [7/16]: “Gorilla Tribe In Washington Strange Thing” [WA]
The Alaska daily empire (Juneau, Alaska), July 16th 1924 Gorilla Tribe In Washington Strange Thing KELSO, Wash., July 16. – Jorg Totsti, Clallam tribe of Indians[*] and editor of the Indian weekly, said the gorilla like men reported by prospectors at Mount St. Helens and who are now being searched for by a party, are…