Martinsburg W.Va. Evening Journal (Martinsburg, W. Va.), February 9th 1916 Brooke Co. Wild Man Is Now Normal John Munkers the wild man of Brooke county, who had his habitat for years in a cave near Follamsbee, is a sane, normal person, employed in one of the mills of Wheeling. Munkers, who for years lived the…
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[1912] [8/25]: Anti-Wild Man Critic [NY]
Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), August 25th 1912 The Wild Man From the New York Mail. One of the weaknesses of modern humanity is its fad for “wild men.” Every year the correspondents send in a story about a wild man being caught in some swamp or mountain fastness and dragged back to civilization. America’s first…
[1921] [05/12]: “Human Curios – The Princess Caraboo” [EN] [Hoax]
The Milwaukee Leader (Milwaukee, Wis.), May 12th 1921 Human Curios “The Princess Caraboo.” By William Nelson Taft Not many years ago there died at Bristol a woman of considerable personal attraction, whose early history was amusing enough, yet took a strong hold upon her early contemporaries. She pretended to be a native of Javasu, in…
[1866] [07/19]: “The Princess Caraboo” [EN] [Hoax]
The Evening Telegraph (Philadelphia [Pa.]), July 19th 1866 “The Princess Caraboo.” Early in the year 1865 there died at Bristol a female of considerable personal attractions, whose early history was amusing enough, yet took a strong hold upon credulous persons half a century since. She pretended to be a native Javasu, in the Indian Ocean,…
[1922] [1/06]: “He Saw Snowman” [Himalayas]
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…
[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…