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[3-8-1919]: “Return of Wild Man Revives Old Terrors”

Posted on March 28, 2026April 5, 2026 by Appalachian Oddity

  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…

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