New York 1921/11/18 - Wild Man Seen Near Skerry

[Trogluddite]

I was hesitant to post this as it almost certainly seems to be a human male - haven't we all seen a lame drifter wander into town and transform themselves into a terror who can outmaneuver hundreds of searchers?  The description in the paper of being clothed in a gunny sack may be true (and this is a man), or it may that stating "the wild man is buck naked and covered with hair" was too much for the sensibilities of the time.  Published in many newspapers; this clipping is from the New Oxford (PA) Item on November 10, 1921. 

 

This story is also in Bigfoot in New York and New England by Paul and Robert Bartholomew as the Malone Wild Man. 

 

Edit 29 August 2026: In cleaning up the chronology and formatting, I could not find the original paper in which I found this clip.  However, the exact same article appeared in numerous other papers and I selected another Pennsylvania paper. 

 

Edited September 18 by Trogluddite