Other / Unknown · Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin · 1896

WI-1896ID case-438742eee7Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

Creature: Other / Unknown
When: Jul 1896to the month
Where: Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsinfallback location
Reports: 2 documents1 independent

The account

The article recounts folklore tales told by loggers about a creature called the hodag, described as the king of the highlands, which fights swamp-soggers in marshes.

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Details

Creature: Other / Unknown
Where: Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin, 54495, 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 1896
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 30, 2026
Case id: case-438742eee7

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Source trail (2)

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Image 4 of Wood County reporter (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.), July 23, 1896
Newspaper · 1896-07-23
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
Image 4 of Wood County reporter (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.), August 6, 1896
Newspaper · 1896-08-06

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