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^ — - . .Wan Man.—The sensational story of the wild man discovered near Wardensville, !u Hardj county, tin* proven to he a hoax. It germs thatold uncle Hilly -, n famous liunter, living in(tie wild district about Wardensville, has bad till turkey trn[M dist ubed b j some young Nimrod I of the tow country, and not relishing these encroachments upon his domain, he determined to put a stop to them by strategy No, hiding his time, one day •* w indeding their coming, he ae-crcted himself in one of the wildest sections of the district, and put himself in natures undress. | No soonnr than the tvro-liuntsmen made their appearance, old uncle Hilly dashed through the woods, nude n$ a skinned eel, yelling a most hi- ' droafl gibberish, and cutting most fanUutic and undignified attitudes, which so frightened the , party on 'sylvian pleasure lient'* that they precipitately (led the district and reported a ''wild man in the woods.” Old uncle Billy's traps me no longer disturbed, and as lis chuckles over the narrative of the hoax, he silly remarks that Uo-cle Billy s hair is not near so long as them hoy* thought — Woodthtfk Herald
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Romney South Branch Intelligencer
Romney, West Virginia, US
Fri, Dec 26, 1873
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