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…
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[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…
[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…