Research source

the daily alaskan (skagway, alaska) 1904-1924 — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1909-07-24
Location: skagway, alaska, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the daily alaskan (skagway, alaska) 1904-1924 · 1909-07-24 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

A 1909-07-24 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “wild man”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

Published source text

Read the available text below. Archive transcriptions may contain OCR errors; later context is labelled separately. A recorded claim is not a finding that it happened.

Source passage

Source text · mention only

WILD MAN IS A TERROR 10 ALL I ASHCROFT, H. C. July 13? AnothcO "wild man" has been discovered, or rather has revealed himself. The en tire upper part of the Pemberton Meadows district is at present terror ized by the numerous appearances of late of a "Mowgli" or wild man. News of the recent appearances of the demented creature for such It is believed to bo was brought here by Rev. Fathers Itohe and Lessleur. who returned yesterday from a months missionary tour through the I'emberton Meadows' district Ac cording to these well known mission ary workers there is great excite ment among the Indians in that val ley.

Historical context

Contextual commentary · mention only

This OCR excerpt may mix reporting, humour, folklore, syndicated copy, editorial comment and witness claims. Newspaper title, date and original page remain available for source-critical reading.

Modern context

Contextual commentary · mention only

Lattice can compare reported features across periods while preserving uncertainty, OCR limitations and the possibility of conventional explanation, exaggeration, copying or satire.

Investigate related details with Anomaly Graph’s account-based search, or read how matching and provenance work.