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…
Category: Wild People
[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…
[1873] [11/27]: Wild Man Sensation Story [Hoax] [WV]
This post contains two newspaper articles, one being a supposed Wild Man story and the other being it’s purported unraveling, with the supposed Wild Man reportedly being identified. They are both presented here together for a complete context. The Weekly Register (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]), November 27th 1873 A Sensation! – A wild man…
[1868] [3/26]: Wild Woman Seen In The Woods [TX]
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,…
[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…