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Maine’s 1886 'WILD MAN' MYSTERY: A Dead Camper and a Giant Reported North of Moosehead Lake

In October 1886, New England newspapers circulated a disturbing story about a dead camper and an enormous, hair-covered “wild man” reportedly encountered in the Maine woods. The account placed the camp roughly 100 miles north of Moosehead Lake, but the surviving excerpt leaves a crucial question una...