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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 Read More

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, Read More

  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 Read More