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the pioche weekly record (pioche, nev.) 1877-1900 — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1884-03-29
Location: pioche, nevada, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the pioche weekly record (pioche, nev.) 1877-1900 · 1884-03-29 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1884-03-29 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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... looking club to keep the wild man subjugated, that the wild man was captured on an island in the Pacific ocean and that In the capture sev eral men had been killed and many were wounded. A reporter, however, on making a few inquiries regarding the phenomenon,ran across a young German who made the startling statement that he had been the Yes, I tos de great vot vos it." Farther inquiry and a glass of beer brought out the fol lowing story of the wild and hairy man fraud. Soon after residing in this city Schweitzer, the ex-wild man, met a man commonly known as "Long Nose" Levy, who engaged him for the "Eighth Won ...

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