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CX.P 3iVGooseville's■ *'Monster' on►Prowl AgainFour Shofs Fired at Critter and He May Have Slowed Down.1GaoscviUe, 111- —(UP)— The “monster of Gooseville” was re-ported on the prowl again Sato-day, but possibly slowed down By a hunter's bullets.L. E. Switzer reported he fired four shots at the “critter” when he surprised it sleeping in a com-field near Alton, about 10 miles west of GoosevIUe. 'Switzer said he was hunting crows with three hnunds and a ,22 caliber pistol shortly before sundown, Friday* said the dogs suddenly • began - barking* andrushed forward..\»They stopped just as fast^.tho,when the “critter” rose up in'the weeds to face them. The dogs turned tall and ran. Switzer said he fired four times at the .animal andrit fled thru the field.’Switzer-bald the ‘-critter looked to hlm.like i'bear, about four feet long and two-and-a-half feet high. Hfe said from the way it ran away he might have wounded it.• Bear tracks were found by police officers in the field and taken to Alton for .further study.Conservation Supervisor Henry Gerdes of’ Betbalto, who led a fruitless hunt of 100 men Wednesday night thru the Indian creek bottoms, went to Switzer's farm Saturday, He said it “looks for sure like the critter is a bear and plans to start another hunt as soon as it can be organized.
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Davenport Democrat and Leader
Davenport, Iowa, US
Sun, Aug 14, 1949
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