Very Hairy Very Nude Wild Man On The Loose (1909)

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No man in his right mind would go running around in the nude in 1909, Syracuse. He simply MUST be completely nuts and an obvious escapee from the local asylum. The fact that he has hair all over his body is irrelevant, because, as we all know, some men are just hairy. Like, REALLY hairy, as in part gorilla!!

SYRACUSE HERALD
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17, 1909
WILD MAN AT LARGE

Wears No Clothes and Has Long Hair, Say Those Who Have Seen Him.

COLUMBUS,PA, OCT.,16 - For several after Father Fennessey had made it man in the vicinity of Glen Manor, and a number of persons have seen him. George McComsey, a trackwalker on the Pennsylvania Railroad, had an experience with the wild man. About 9:45 o'clock on a recent night he was walking his beat, accompanied by his dog. He was passing a cornfield on the farm of Michael Bongart and heard a rustle in one corner. His dog began barking and a moment later a nude man leaped over the fence, crossed directly in front of the trackwalker, ran up an embankment and entered a woods. While he ran swiftly he passed so closely that Mr. McComsey got a good view of the man. He is well developed, weighs about 150 pounds, is perfectly hude, his hair is long, falling over his shoulders and his body is covered with hair. He could be heard going through the under bush in the woods.

Persons residing in the vicinity of Glen Manor have also seen the man while on their way to attend the markets in Columbia. The wild man has caused considerable excitement and anxiety among the people of the neighborhood, and nearly all now drive to Columbia over a different road. It is the opinion that the man is demented and it may be that he has escaped from some institution, As far as known no person from the vicinity is missing. It is possible that a posse will be organized to attempt the capture of the fellow.