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the white pine news (treasure city, nev.) 1868-1906 — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1883-04-14
Location: east ely, nevada, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the white pine news (treasure city, nev.) 1868-1906 · 1883-04-14 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1883-04-14 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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KILLED. The Wild Man of the Camas Prairie Shot by a Traveler. Tbe celebrated wild man of tho Camas prairie was killed recently by some parlies traveling through tho prairie. While tho travelers were camped in the foot-hills, on tho edge of tlie prairie, one of them named Miohle hany went a few hundred yards from camp to kill some ducks, taking with him a shotgun loaded with largo shot. When only a couple ot hundred yards from camp the “Wild Man of Camas” jumped from his hiding place, and after running a short distance slopjied and looked at Michulhuny through his lurgo dear eyes tor a moment, then, with a shriek ...

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