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Other / Unknown · Eagle River, Wisconsin · 1920

WI-1920ID case-4291fb5be7Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 9, 2026
Creature
Other / Unknown
When
Jul 1920to the month
Where
Eagle River, Wisconsinfallback location
Reports
10 documents1 independent

The account

Belgian big-game hunter Mr. [name] reports his party caught a glimpse of a huge beast with terrifying attributes in the jungle.

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

We map claims, not creatures: this is what the sources say, not proof. How a case is built

Details

Creature
Other / Unknown
Where
Eagle River, Vilas County, Wisconsin, 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
Jul 1920
Account
Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by
1 independent source (10 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map
Oct 9, 2026
Case id
case-4291fb5be7

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Source trail (3)

Down the rabbit hole → 10 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.

  1. Image 6 of Eagle River review (Eagle River, Wis.), July 30, 1920
    Newspaper · 1920-07-30
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
  2. Image 6 of The Progress-itemizer (Water Valley, Miss.), July 30, 1920
    Newspaper · 1920-07-30
  3. Image 3 of The Hays free press (Hays, Kan.), August 5, 1920
    Newspaper · 1920-08-05

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Further reading

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