Virginia Free Press (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]), March 26th 1868 A wild woman has been seen in the woods near Liberty, Texas. A man on horseback got sight of the strange creature, persued and overtook her ; when she halted, he found her to be a medium-sized, a middle-aged, well-formed woman, with long, dark hair,…
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[1929] [4/1]: “Introducing B.C.’s Hairy Giants” [BC]
MacLean’s Magazine, April 1st 1929 Introducing B.C.’s Hairy Giants A collection of strange tales about British Columbia’s wild men as told by those who say they have seen them By J. W. Burns Are the vast mountain solitudes of British Columbia, of which but very few have been so far explored, populated by a hairy…
[1905] [3/3]: “Wild Man Attacks Train” [WV]
The Daily Telegram (Clarksburg, W. Va.), March 3rd 1905 Wild Man Attacks Train Giant Creature In Human Form With Bristles On Face Is At Large Near Morgantown The citizens of Monongalia county are thoroughly aroused over the strange and murderous actions of a man in that country, whose identity has not been established so far…
[1903] [3/14]: “Wild Man Near Weston” [WV]
The Daily Telegram (Clarksburg, W. Va.), March 14th 1903 Wild Man Near Weston People of Lewis County Very Much Agitated Over Appearance of Strange Man. May Be an Escaped Lunatic, as He Appears to Be Perfectly Harmless and Inoffensive. Weston, W. Va., March 14. – On the water of Sugar Camp run, a branch of…
[1903] [9/17]: “Wild Man Seen” [WV]
Daily New Dominion (Morgantown, W. Va.), September 17th 1903 Wild Man Seen. Residents of Fairmont Report That Uncouth Giant Inhabits Neighboring Woods. Fairmont, W. Va. Sept. 17. – The woods in the close vicinity of Fairmont contain the den of a wild man. This fact has been fully established by the tales told by responsible…
[1891] [8/24]: “A Human Monstrosity” [OH]
The Wheeling daily intelligencer (Wheeling, W. Va.), August 24th 1891 A Human Monstrosity Loose in Ohio Killing Stock and Scaring People – What Is It? A gentlemen who came over from Ohio yesterday to attend the camp meeting at Moundsville gave an Intelligencer reporter an account of a strange wild animal that is roaming around…
[1891] [8/26]: “That Ohio ‘Wild Man'” [OH]
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, W. Va.), August 26th 1891 That Ohio “Wild Man.” The Farmers Beating the Bushes in Search of Him. The “wild man” or non-descript beast which has been frightening and annoying the residents on the Ohio side of the river opposite Moundsville, and killing and dismembering stock, as mentioned in the…
[1883] [05/09]: “Black Dog Ghost” [WV]
The Weekly Register (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]), May 9th 1883 Ghost. – The people living along the Clarksburg road, in the neighborhood of Hickory Chapel, are very much exercised by the re-appearance of a ghost in the shape of a big black dog. They all assert that it is a veritable ghost, and it…
[1887] [3/11]: “The Wild Man of Ohio” [OH]
The Midland Journal (Rising Sun, Md.), March 11th 1887 The Wild Man of Ohio A Curious Creature Seen Among The Hills of Holmes County. A party of hunters, who have just returned from a hunt in the hills of Holmes County, Ohio, say they encountered a curious creature on their trip. According to their description,…
[1919] [3/8]: “Return of Wild Man Revives Old Terrors” [WV]
The Lakeland Evening telegram (Lakeland, Fla.), March 8th 1919 Return of Wild Man Revives Old Terrors Flatwoods, W. Va., March 6. – The belief that a wild man is still lurking in this vicinity, stealing and killing chickens and young pigs, is stronger than ever just now. A story related by Luther C. Douglas has…