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im More Vicious Than Lion, With Fo feat Like’ Badger ,and Hind' “toot of a Deer. Arkadelphia; ‘Ark—No longer is thebname “Wampus Cat” used in re ferring to a mythical catlike being with wicked disposition,for,.10 the woods of ‘Clark County has been found the original animal. The term “Wampus Cat originat e) with the negroes, who informed’ Mi “children of the presence in the m of a huge, cat, more vicious than he most savage Hon. They de servt at having four long claws, ‘and a tall nife feet in length, which was ¥ and in many Apatancea like the ‘ata kangaroo, being a powerful Negro fantare ‘ tn the’, Ouachita river bottom recently, saw a black catlike motion. One of the negroes ; fired at the animal and took to ' The other charged’ the wounded animal and, placing a neck, he held it to the cround the frightened negroes return: i tled its feet... The animal i then taken 2 Arkadelphia for exhibition. “Wampus Cat ‘or whatever it may be classified under, has ip whort, and: ‘the ears small, tall is long, but not.of the great desorbed by the negroes, in in the short, stock lego and that the great curiosity in the 1 4g found, . The front feet are of the bear, with long claws, foots shaped something like, of ‘the Badger, indicating that animal at times burrowed into rth, but the shape of the head and eyes are different from those of this type of animal. The find feet are cloven, l tke thope of a deer.None of the feet would fedigate the animal does much climbing, that being an impossibility. The gait of the animal ia a shuffling one, cross between that of the bear’ and a bog. ‘After, being exhibited for three’ days the animal escapand the woods are now being“scoured for it, and ite mate, ‘
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Saint Regis Falls Adirondack News
Saint Regis Falls, New York, US
Sat, Jun 20, 1914
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