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the democratic leader (cheyenne, wyo.) 1884-1887 — lake monster

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1886-06-02
Location: cheyenne, wyoming, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the democratic leader (cheyenne, wyo.) 1884-1887 · 1886-06-02 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1886-06-02 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “lake monster”. 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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... close at hand. THE BULL LAKE MONSTER. 'Die source of one of the ino.-t beautiful of the mountain tributaries of the Upper Wind river is a lovely sheet of water known as Buli lake Its name comes, from a hollow, reverberating sound break ing at intervals fiom its depths closely resembling the bellowing of a bull. The Indian tradition says that a great spirit hunter once chased a white buffalo into the lake, and has kept him there ever since, and it is bis bellow that issues from the watery depths. Hunters just in from the vicinity of the lake tell a different story, however. They say that while catching some of the tine trout ...

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