Wildman Sightings In New York Date Back to the 1800's

I find older accounts of bigfoot creatures amazing. There was so much wilderness back then, and I doubt very much hoaxing would have been taking place.

“...[The beast] sprang into view and bounded away at lightning speed, uttering demoniacal shrieks. Hays and White were badly frightened, but retained a vivid impression of its looks in the passing glimpse they caught of the flying creature. The “Wild Man” as described is about 4½ feet in height, broad and well-built with general characteristics of man. The body was enveloped in a covering of dense, brown hair, and the arms apparently terminated at the elbow.”

This was not the first time the “Wild Man” had been seen in the Town of Maine. A few weeks earlier, in late August, a group of berry pickers became frightened by loud shrieks coming from the woods. The sounds were heard both during the daytime and at night by several other people in the area near where Hays and White saw the creature. The newspaper also stated that another resident by the name of Jennings also claimed to have seen the beast after Hays and White, and gave nearly the same description.

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