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the record-courier (gardnerville, nev.) 1904-current — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1924-07-25
Location: gardnerville, nevada, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the record-courier (gardnerville, nev.) 1904-current · 1924-07-25 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1924-07-25 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.

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... the mountain side but the wild man was not overtaken. We both saw the trucks. Beck saw the wild man, and while he still con tends that there is possibility that his vision was disarranged by the high altitude, the writer feels cer tain that what Beck saw was renl, even though no one in the world is of the same opinion. After a man has driven a while he feels that the car is not running right without at least one loud rattle to take his mind off the small ones. Many an old dog is willing to learn m*w tricks, but Mrs. Dog won’t let him. RECREATION IS NECESSARY Earlier American agricultural com ...

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