Strange Nebraska Hominoid Seen
Posted by: Loren Coleman on April 18th, 2007
A Nebraska City despatch of Nov. 30th, says John Hoff, wood chopper, last Saturday night [November 26] stumbled over the form of a frightful and hideous-looking creature. He described it as undoubtedly of human form in face and body, but so frightfully deformed as to leave only a faint resemblance. The body, as far as he could observe, was entirely naked and black and rough. The head [had] the eyes almost protruding from their sockets, and fangs stood out from a horribly shaped mouth. In locomotion it used its feet, and what were undoubtedly its arms from the elbows to where the hands should have been, as forefeet. The creature escaped, and is supposed to have been drowned in an attempt to cross the river.Fort Covington [New York] Sun, December 8, 1887
Thanks to Jerome Clark.
Coming, April 24th - Mysterious America.
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Wait, was it saying that it moved like a gorilla, or that its feet were on its arm? Sorry, I’m an artist with a vivid imagination, but that description is so vague that I’m seeing it both ways. So, either he saw a gorilla (probably escaped from the zoo or a circus) or who knows.
I think Nebraska is a potential hotbed of sighting reports. Here’s another exciting lead. Keep us updated!
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
shumway, I think he’s saying that it used its hands as if they were feet. The description given is a bit poetic rather than clinically descriptive. I surmise that what he was describing probably was ape-type knuckle walking. The rest of the description sounds like tall tale telling to me, though.
Early form of the Big Red Linebacker corp.
Go Huskies.
Grandpa?
Sounded a bit, well, Werewolf-like to me, at least by way of description. The Beast of Bray Road’s grandpa, perhaps?
hey loren, wow this is a very interesting new sasquatch sighting article, definetly keep me & everyone here posted ok. thanks bill green