The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-30
THE PREHISTORIC MAN.
Unique Specimen Of Humanity Found
Near Birmingham, Ala.
From the Philadelphia Times.

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Birmingham, July 23.-This county
boasts of a unique specimen of humanity,
which those posted on such subjects say
exhibits the peculiar freak of nature
having, after centuries of development,
reproduced the prehistoric man. This
being is the son of respectable negroes.
He is now in his goth year, and is a veri-
table giant, measuring nearly seven feet
in height. His body is covered with a
shaggy growth of dirty red and matted
like the coat of an Unkempt Newfound-
land dog, while the face, with its
small bloodshot eyes, possesses a certain
degree of intelligence, or rather the cum
ming of an orang-outang, and the arms,
like that animals, long and reaching
nearly to the knee and furnished with
formidable nails curved into claws of
three and four inches in length The
creatures huge, gaping mouth is hideous
with long, sharp, canine tusks, with
which it tears it's food after the manner
of a wild beast, the jaws being of an ex-
traordinary strength, enabling it to crush
bone with ease.
The ears are long and pointed, resem-
bling those of pictured satyrs, and have a
remarkable Development of the sense of
hearing. RThe parents Of this singular crea-
ture say he has never touched food other
| than meat, which he eats uncooked, re-
jecting with suspicion all else, and pre-
ferring that which he kills himself. This
he does by actual running down RABBITS.
or snaring them by waitins at their hid
ing places with the vigilance and cum
ming of a snake chickens also, with
small vermin, such as Weasels, moles and
even rats, form part of his diet. These
he catches with his naked hands, and,
tearing them limb from limb, eats the
raw and still bleeding flesh. This mon
ster is said to be very timid of human be-
ings, and will run away from a stranger,
climbing the nearest tree with grimaces
of fear, or is off to some one of its haunts
which are known TO one.
RATS BRAINS A DELIoACY.
A gentleman of the community tells of
seeing this creature spring out at an
enormous rat, which had stolen from a
corn field, and, selling the animal by the
neck, wrench the head from the body.
Then, crouching down, he beat the skull
open, took out the brains and devoured
them with the relish of one enjoying a
rare mOrsel Through the timber this
human ape can sometimes be caught a
glimpse Of, swinging himself from one
tree to another with a celebrity that no
sailor can rival. He has never been
known to utter an intelligent word, but in
its play viii give vent to shrieks of de-
light like an Overgrown child, or when
yeXed will growl and snap, and if seri-
ouslY interfered with, throw itself about
with yells of rage The mother keeps
him subdued by means of a big whip,
with which she threatens him, though
not daring to use it.
The creature will shrink away at sight
OF the whip whimpering like a fright
ened child. His greatest pleasure seems
to be to have his mother scratch his back
along the spinal column, when he will
writhe and twist with delight, uttering
low murmurs Of delight, fawning at her
feet and licking her hand She is the
only person who has any control over him;
his father he regards with hatred, from a
blow dealt him by that parent when
few years old.