Other Humanoid · Louisville, Kentucky · 1868

KY-1868ID case-bf0b0067e5Fallback locationAdded to map Nov 2, 2026

The account

Witnesses report a rumor arose in 1868 of a wild boy seen near Wallahee who ran like a deer and evaded pursuers.

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

Creature: Other Humanoid
Where: Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, 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: Sep 1868
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (3 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Nov 2, 2026
Case id: case-bf0b0067e5

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Down the rabbit hole → 3 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 9 of Weekly courier-journal (Louisville [Ky.]), February 15, 1892
Newspaper · 1892-02-15
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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