Other Humanoid · Helena, Montana · 1879

MT-1879ID case-e58b54f2b8Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 8, 2026

Creature: Other Humanoid
When: Dec 1879to the month
Where: Helena, Montanafallback location
Reports: 2 documents1 independent

The account

Witnesses report a strange, hairless, yellowish-brown creature with horns and talon-like fingers was seen near Topton Station and is being hunted by a search party.

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Details

Creature: Other Humanoid
Where: Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, 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: Dec 1879
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 8, 2026
Case id: case-e58b54f2b8

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Source trail (1)

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Image 6 of Helena weekly herald (Helena, Mont.), December 11, 1879
Newspaper · 1879-12-11
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