Other Humanoid · Shepherdstown, West Virginia · 1868

WV-1868ID case-fc2f3ac6fcFallback locationAdded to map Oct 31, 2026

Creature: Other Humanoid
When: 1868to the year
Where: Shepherdstown, West Virginiafallback location
Reports: 2 documents1 independent

The account

A gentleman on horseback encountered a wild, hairy woman in the forest who initially fled but then attacked him with a club before he escaped and found her moss-covered home.

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Details

Creature: Other Humanoid
Where: Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 25443, 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: 1868
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 31, 2026
Case id: case-fc2f3ac6fc

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Source trail (1)

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Image 1 of Shepherdstown register (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]), March 21, 1868
Newspaper · 1868-03-21
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