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* 8ZXSS WILD ion AOIDT.VMfc lb»J Cabin# «f Wmn and , Frightens the Ptwpeetas. *_ *The appearanoe a gam of the «“Wild Man” of the SIxm baa * thrown aoma of the miasm into a j •tataof excitement and fear. A ; report aaya the wild mm hat been 1 aeen three tlmea alnoa tba 10th of laat month. The Ant appearanoe.1 ooenrred on “Thotfcpaon Flat. 1 Wn Ward and a young man by % the name of Bnrliaon were fitting by the fire of their cabin one night I when they heard aoaaething walk* * Ing aronnd the oabin which, re- j •enabled a man walking and when it oame to the corner of the cabin 1 it took hold of the corner and gave the building a vigorous abate and keep np a frighful noiae all tba lima -the same that baa to many times warned tba venturesome miners of the approach of thi harry man and oenaad them to Ate in abject fear. Mr Ward walk* ed to the cabin door and could eee the monater plainly as it walked away and took a shot at it with hit riAe, bnt the bullet went wild of its mark. Theisvt appearanoe of the animal was at the Harrison cabin only a few. days ago. Mr Ward was at ihe Harrison oabin this time and again figured in the excitement. About Ave o’clock in the morning the wild man gave the door of the oabin a vigorous abate ing, which aroused Ward and on* of the Harrison boys who took their gone and started in to do the diathihaiWiiifiMitlw ama*. and' heaaai^b^df^a fo^f pound rook- at Ward's head bat hie aim was a tittle too high. He than disappeared in the brush.Many of the miners avow that the '*wild man is a reality. They have seen him and know whereof the/ apeak- Thar say he is something after the fashion of a gorilla , and unlike anything all* either in• ppeerauoe or action. Ha can out rian or jump anything elm that haa -aver beau known; and not only that but he oan throw rocks with wonderful force and accuracy, Ha is about seven feet high, haa broad hapdaand fast and his body is ohytred by a prolific growth of hair. In short he looks like the very devil. ■
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Myrtle Point Enterprise
Myrtle Point, Oregon, US
Fri, Mar 11, 1904
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Zachary M.
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