The Weekly Register (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]), June 22th 1898 We have often read about showers of frogs being dropped from the sky, in big rains, but never more than half believed it. A Guyan citizen however comes to the front to say to the Huntington Advertiser that they had a frog rain the…
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[1818] [06/10]: “The Shower of Fish” [MA & Scotland]
Daily National Intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.]), June 10th 1818 The Shower of Fish From The Charleston Times I felt really happy when I came to the conclusion of the paragraph, entitled “Another Wonder,” to find, that the shower of fish which fell on the Boston Common, was not larger than could be consumed by the…
[1920] [10/28]: “The Horror of The Woods” [WV]
Shepherdstown Register (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), October 28th 1920 The Horror of the Woods. Following the accounts that have persisted for some months the ape, babboon, gorilla, wild man, or terror that has been reported at various points from Pittsburg south, has appeared and taken his habitation in the dismal fastness of Black Mountain and…
[1920] [11/26]: “Saw A ‘What Is It'” [WV]
Greenbrier Independent (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]), November 26th 1920 Saw A ‘What Is It.’ A strange beast is said to have been seen roaming around on Flat Mountain within the past week. It is said to stand about 6 feet high apparently weighs 350 pounds, and is of a reddish and blackish color. The beast,…
[1919] [09/20]: “Lair of Wild Man Is Found In Cave” [PA]
The Washington Times (Washington [D.C.]), September 20th 1919 Lair of Wild Man Is Found In Cave Strange, Hairy Creature Gives Quartet of Fishermen Scare of Lives. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 20. – The Leiperville wild man today bids fair to rank with the far-famed, but mythical Jersey devil. Posses of brave men are drumming the woods for…
[1898] [11/07]: “Wild Man Resumes Business” [CT]
The Evening Times (Washington, D.C.), November 7th 1898 Wild Man Resumes Business His Appearance at Winsted This Time for Political Purposes. Winsted, Conn., Nov. 7. – The wild man has broken loose again. He is a said to be hurdling madly over northwestern Connecticut, scaring people out of a year’s growth. The Winsted wild man…
[1916] [02/09]: “Brooke Co. Wild Man Is Now Normal” [WV]
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…
[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,…