Other Canine · Lewistown, Pennsylvania · 1867

PA-1867ID case-3be1c04c5dFallback locationAdded to map Oct 8, 2026

The account

A farmer witnessed a wolf use water from a ditch to blind his mule before killing it.

Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect

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Creature: Other Canine
Where: Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, 17044, United States
mapped to town level · from the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen.
When: Jun 1867
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (11 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 8, 2026
Case id: case-3be1c04c5d

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Down the rabbit hole → 11 documents, and how they connect

Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.

Image 1 of Lewistown gazette (Lewistown, Pa.), June 26, 1867
Newspaper · 1867-06-26
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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