Other Humanoid · Magnolia, Mississippi · 1882

MS-1882ID case-b3518e47ecFallback locationAdded to map Oct 31, 2026

Creature: Other Humanoid
When: Oct 31, 1882to the day
Where: Magnolia, Mississippifallback location
Reports: 4 documents1 independent

The account

Witness reports Capt. Marsh saw the creature with a torn face, bleeding, holding a bloody knife, and looking so terrible he was unsure if it was human.

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Details

Creature: Other Humanoid
Where: Magnolia, Pike County, Mississippi, 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: Oct 31, 1882
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (4 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 31, 2026
Case id: case-b3518e47ec

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Source trail (1)

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Image 1 of The Magnolia gazette (Magnolia, Miss.), November 2, 1882
Newspaper · 1882-11-02
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