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the republican (oakland, md.) 1877-current — wild man

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1929-02-07
Location: oakland, maryland, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the republican (oakland, md.) 1877-current · 1929-02-07 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

A 1929-02-07 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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... with the dance!” sk K “Wild Man of Gobler’s Knob” When it was first learned that the “wild man” of Pennsylvania was sus pected of transgressing on property of Garrett countians in the vicinity of Grantsville, Scoop and Col. Bell thot of the glory of being able to publish the first official photo through the pages of The Republican. So, one dark and stormy night when the ther mometer stood 20 below on Keyser’s ridge, Scoop and the Col. hopped in to their machine and headed for the open country. Their first stop was at the Cassel man bridge, below Gruntstown, where it was reported the “wild man” was plucking feathers from a duck’s back. ...

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