Other / Unknown · Gallipolis, Ohio · 1876

OH-1876ID case-a2f05aae4aFallback locationAdded to map Oct 11, 2026

Creature: Other / Unknown
When: Feb 1876to the month
Where: Gallipolis, Ohiofallback location
Reports: 1 document1 independent

The account

Andy Cooper reports seeing a strange animal in the back part of the county that resembles a goat but is as large as a big dog and makes a noise between a whistle and a bark.

See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet

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Details

Creature: Other / Unknown
Where: Gallipolis, Gallipolis Township, Gallia County, Ohio, 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: Feb 1876
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Oct 11, 2026
Case id: case-a2f05aae4a

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Source trail (1)

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Image 4 of Gallipolis journal (Gallipolis, Ohio), March 2, 1876
Newspaper · 1876-03-02
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