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the lafayette advertiser (vermilionville [i.e. lafayette], la.) 1865-19?? — winged man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1894-12-15
Location: vermilionville, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the lafayette advertiser (vermilionville [i.e. lafayette], la.) 1865-19?? · 1894-12-15 · page 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1894-12-15 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “winged 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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... only make one thing of winged man, with a dog's wn ribs too many, and odts and ends of backbone which au erAnuous, but what else could u f the anatomy of so ex creature? From one tonotther the facts got about, the rs came to hear S iad:, to cut a long story short, t' askeleton was taken to 'the learmned heads'of the col idput.l together again by their tharned'hi ds. ,o what they would, they could onq thing of Ita winged with a dog's head. ematter now became serious; oessors were at frst puzzled, thn got quarrelsome; and the re Sof teir squabbling was that pam and ,couterblasts were pub. dso l1 the ...

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