Comments on: Maine 1895: Hairy Wild Man Kills Lumbermen

By: John Melland

John Melland — Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:41:58 +0000

That was a really good article. I have hunted north of Bangor in the past and sometime’s feeling not so alone and hearing strange calls at almost sunset. Alton bog is definitley a place to visit and is extremely spooky after dark. I haven’t been able to find any actual proof of Bigfoot while there. I have heard of more recent report’s from the area north of Bangor crossing the I-95 interstate back in early 1990′s. I live here in Idaho now but have lived in Maine and did so until 2009. I have lived as far south as Sanford and as far north as Presque Isle. I do believe that I was followed one night in Winterport at about 2:30 a.m. My mother has Bigfoot activity about every spring and fall in Hudson. So far just vocalizations have been heard by her and my older brother and some undistinguishable tracks by her house in the snow a couple times.

By: sasquatch

sasquatch — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:54:17 +0000

Lumbermen are generally very strong individuals who would not be easy to tear apart as the story says.

It was either a bear or a sasquatch, another human would NOT be able to do this kind of damage on the tough strong working men of the forest. They would also have to be able to overcome axes, and probably guns.

I don’t think it was a “wild” person. If this really happened it was an animal(s).

By: alegler

alegler — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:33:51 +0000

Loren – I just sent you this article from the Boston Daily Globe – September 1895.

THE BOSTON DAILY GLOBE — MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1895.

Town’s Bugaboo

Winsted, Conn, Has a Wild Man Sensation.

Selectman Riley W. Smith “discovered” the freak…

“I stepped Inside the clearing and saw at a glance that the berries were there as I expected. But almost Immediately with my first glance at the place I saw
this strange creature. The instant I saw him his back was toward me.

“He was at the other end of the clearing, 40 feet away…

“His hand was reached out as though he was picking the berries. I think I Interrupted him in a feast. He stood about 5 feet 10 Inches, I should say, and weighed perhaps 150 pounds. He was naked, and his back and legs were covered, with hair, apparently two or three Inches long, lie had very long, black hair from his head also, reaching down below his shoulders.”

“Almost the instant I saw this creature he became aware that I was around… he turned his head just so he could see me over his shoulder, and giving out
a sound such as I never heard before, gave one bound over the bushes and disappeared Into the woods.”

Considering this is 2 months before the Bangor, ME article and about 350 miles away, I wonder if there is any connection.

Were the killings in Bangor committed by the same “person”?

Or did this sighting influence the story of a “wild man” running loose in Maine killing lumbermen?

By: bray_beast

bray_beast — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:07:07 +0000

I’m just gonna go there.

Wendigo?