Wild Man Goes For A Buggy Ride - Uninvited (1883)

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Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Bigfoot Chicks, Melissa Adair. As serious researchers, the Bigfoot Chicks are committed to seeking the truth regarding the Bigfoot mystery. You can visit their blog at bigfootchicks.blogspot.com.

Imagine driving yourself home in your buggy and you spot a "wild man". Completely scared out of your mind you whip that horse into action and flee. Just when you think you're safe, that "wild man" jumps up into the seat next to you!! Do you hand the reins to him?? What a ride!!

The Saturday Herald

Decatur, Illinois, Saturday, September 8, 1883

A ROAMING MADMAN

Startling Experiences Of An Illinois Lady With A Wild Man

As Naked as the Day He was born-
The Arthur Boom Trespassing on the Logan Boom's Territory-
The President in Chicago-
Mitchell and Slade Will Fight-
News of the Day

Centerville, Ill., Sept. 4 - A wild man, naked as Adam, has been roaming around the country in this vicinity for several days, causing intense excitement and consternation among the farmers' families. His long tangled beard and matted hair, his tall athletic form and the fierce look out of his eyes make him an exceedingly unpleasant person to meet in a lonely spot. He is hegrimed with dirt from head to foot, for he never gets a bath except when it rains or when necessity compels him to wade a creek in search of prey. He was first seen by the wife of Dr. John Saltenberger, who lives about three miles west of this place. Mrs. Saltenberger was returning home shortly after nightfall, and was near the Stelzelriede farm. the wild man crept stealthily out of the orchard, and when near the buggy, made a rush to stop the horse. The lady have the animal a frantic cut with the whip and he bounded along the road at a furious pace, but almost before she had recovered breath, the wild man had overtaken her and leaped into the vehicle from behind. He uttered not a word, and seemed immediately to become as badly frightened as the lady herself. He sprang down and ran rapidly towards the woods. A telephone message was sent to Belleville, yesterday, asking the sheriff to come and capture the creature. Young men of the settlement are searching the woods in every direction today, but some of them are not over anxious to encounter the monster. Superstitious persons declare it to be the ghost of one of the Stelzlriede family, five of whom were murdered and robbed about eigth years ago. Others are puzzled to decide whether it is the Missing Link or an escape lunatic.

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  1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:17:00 AM PDT

    Just a drunk Irishman looking for love in all the wrong places

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:24:00 PM PDT

      Wrong. Read the story. It's very obviously a ghost of the Stelzlriede family. NOT bigfoot. Don't know why we get these posted here when it's clearly just a ghost not a bigfoot!

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    2. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 3:52:00 PM PDT

      I aint afraid of no ghost.

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    3. AnonymousThursday, November 1, 2012 at 5:39:00 PM PDT

      Hmmm. Do ghosts have "long tangled beard and matted hair, [a] tall athletic form and [a] fierce look out of [the] eyes"?

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  2. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:37:00 AM PDT

    Oh for the love of Pete.

    Enough of these bearded turn of the century wild man stories already!!

    I'd rather watch a gorilla pull a turd out of his lower digestive tract and eat it.

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:07:00 AM PDT

      amen! although watching the bigfoot clits pull a turd out of there taterholes and eat it would be a lot of fun as well : )

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    2. Sh!t eating gorillaWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:26:00 AM PDT

      That leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

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    3. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:29:00 AM PDT

      its still funny ::))))

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    4. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:23:00 PM PDT

      Too bad about the guy with a gun to your head forcing you to click on them and then comment. Must be hell for you, buddy.

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    5. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 1:56:00 PM PDT

      nawh fucking with dick heads like u is more fun then bobbin for taterholes : )

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  3. AnchoriteWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:42:00 AM PDT

    Good one Melissa! Love those 19th Century reports.

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:05:00 AM PDT

      gound won malizza luve dose 19 centsary reparts..

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    2. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 3:50:00 PM PDT

      Yea thats histery rite thre.

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  4. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:51:00 AM PDT

    Please shoot yourself.

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:32:00 AM PDT

      you shoot yourself in the dick taterhole carful not to ruin those fancy camo lingerie nickers they can be handed down to little billy shit stains and all : )

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    2. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 10:23:00 AM PDT

      ^ likes eating taters after dipping them in shit. Fecalpheliac.

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  5. Bigfoot WhispererWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 1:03:00 AM PDT

    That was my uncle Ron, he says he's sorry......

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  6. Bigfoot WhispererWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 1:24:00 AM PDT

    In his defense before the turn of the century no meant yes!

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  7. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 2:04:00 AM PDT

    I gonna go and watch the paint dry on the fence it's more interesting.

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  8. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 5:18:00 AM PDT

    I'd say gas grass or ass! Nobody rides for free!

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:02:00 AM PDT

      I think he was after that women's taterhole :/

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  9. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 6:32:00 AM PDT

    Love these old stories. Keep them coming.

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 6:51:00 AM PDT

      u love these old stories do you. im glad someone does. they are filler stories so the owner of site makes it look like there is new stories. its utter nonsense

      we havent anything modern except blobs, shadows and hoaxes. so what do we fill it with, cowboy stories and bifoot battles/jumping on buggies. why dont they have battles now or jump on cars etc... now. answer these animals dont exist,if they doid feat seeking equipment, trail cams, etc etc..would have a pic or body . we dont so the guy who runs this site puts up ridiculas stories of apemen j8mping in buggies. crazy and u want it too kepp coming

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    2. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 6:59:00 AM PDT

      fuck me taterhole get yourself an egemacation i could barely make out what it was you were trying to convey...

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    3. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:00:00 AM PDT

      bigfoot clits strike again :o

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    4. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:06:00 AM PDT

      these stories are just boozehounds who instead of being homeless in the city nowadays,back then they roamed the woods

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    5. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:09:00 AM PDT

      searching for taterhole victims!

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    6. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:25:00 PM PDT

      These stories are all actual bigfoot sightings embellished by the newspaper. I know for 100% certain, guys.

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  10. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:23:00 AM PDT

    More regurgitation! I swear this is right off of bigfootencounters website.

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  11. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 8:25:00 AM PDT

    Umm I guess I'm the only one, but I enjoy these stories. If you don't like it and don't want to read it then why are you coming to the goddamn page? Damn kids with yer taterhole comments and whatnot

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:27:00 PM PDT

      They are good stories.

      My favorite part is always how the haters latch onto the most mundane element of the story and claim that is the explanation. Ignoring the numerous other parts that sound exactly like today's bigfoot reports such as incredible athleticism, horrible face, unearthly screams and behavior. :)

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    2. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 1:58:00 PM PDT

      like yo Momma beatcchhhh!

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    3. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 2:26:00 PM PDT

      you leave there taterholes alone you!

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  12. Townhallmeeting!Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 8:50:00 AM PDT

    The Town Hall Meeting! of 1884 had already confirmed this was just prospector Ennis McClyde who was ousted from town for defecating in the public horse troughs throughout main street. Which wouldn't have been so bad if the Mayor's wife hadn't use one to wash her laidies small clothes and contracted a mean case of the sifilis!

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:28:00 PM PDT

      Was Ennis known to be especially athletic?

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    2. Townhallmeeting!Wednesday, October 31, 2012 at 1:06:00 PM PDT

      Haven't meet a prospector that wasn't!

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  13. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 8:55:00 AM PDT

    FB/FB has annalyzed the photo and can confirm that there is a gloryhole on this buggy.

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  14. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 8:59:00 AM PDT

    "...A telephone message was sent to Belleville..." 1883

    This is questionable as "Around 1893, the country leading the world in telephones per 100 persons (teledensity) was Sweden with 0.55 in the whole country but 4 in Stockholm (10,000 out of a total of 27,658 subscribers).[5] This compares with 0.4 in USA for that year.[6"

    A "telegraph" is more likely but by using the word telephone it brings up the validity of the story.

    new anony

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 10:35:00 AM PDT

      The stories are not valid.

      Welcome to Bigfoot Evidence.

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    2. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:29:00 PM PDT

      The posters are not valid.

      Welcome to Bigfoot Evidence.

      Delete
  15. UltimateHomerWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 10:45:00 AM PDT

    Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Bigfoot Chicks, Melissa Adair. As serious researchers of 19th century hairy wildman folklore, the Bigfoot Chicks are committed to seeking the truth regarding the mystery of 19th century hairy wildman folklore. You can visit their blog at bigfootchicks.blogspot.com for the latest updates concerning stories from the 1800's about the elusive hairy wildman.

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  16. PROKILLWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 10:56:00 AM PDT

    That's all you chicks got are old stories of crazy named wild men trying to fuck everyone?

    Boring!!!!!!

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    1. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 12:29:00 PM PDT

      What's less boring? Someone seeing an ape walk in the woods?

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    2. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 4:03:00 PM PDT

      It's a lot healthier for you getting out in the woods, beats surfing the web any day of the week, watching people enjoying the big outdoors if only I was young again..sigh.

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    3. R.K.Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 9:53:00 AM PDT

      That's right...Prokill need pictures. Colorful pictures. Words scare Prokill. Make Prokill lose interest.

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  17. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 11:54:00 AM PDT

    Three words:

    Wild man fetish

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  18. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 4:32:00 PM PDT

    Hee hee. Leaped into her vehicle from behind.

    Must have been a wide one.

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  19. AnonymousWednesday, October 31, 2012 at 7:03:00 PM PDT

    I would love to take a dump on Mellisa's chest!

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