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HAIRY MONSTER IN KENTUCKY.
Lives In a Cave, Looks Like Man and
Lives by Robbing Farmers.

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Lives by Robbing Farmers.
Over i'll Washington county, near the
line Cf Mercer, reigns a being which,
! man or beast, mystifies all the neighbor-
| hood. For months the housewives have
missed their chickens, eggs, milk, meat
from meathouses and half grown pigs
and young lambs. At first all efforts
and schemes to catch the guilty one
proved of 40 avail. Joseph Ewalt arose
one morning before day and went to the
springhouse, hundred yards distant
from his dwelling. His wife and son.
becoming alarmed at his continued alb
sence, went in search of him and found
him at the door Of the springhouse in
faint They restored him to conscious
ness, and he told them he had seen
man beast, and that he ran out of the
springhouse as he opened the door; that
ne had great long white hair hanging
down from his head and face that was
as coarse as horses name. His legs
were covered with hair, and the only
article of clothing he wore was a piece
of sheepskin over the lower portion of
his body, reaching nearly to his knees.
When it became noiaed around that
Ewalt had seen a man beast, sober head
ed men began to set plan to catch the
monster. In tho neighborhood, near
the mouth Of Deep creek, is a cave of
considerable proportions, and the natu-
raj conclusion was that there would be
the place to find their game.
Early Sunday morning Eph Boston
and his sons, Tom and James, saw the
object of their watch walking in half
gallop, half run for their barn. Not
withstanding the men were armed, they
were badly frightened, and after they
saw the object enter the barn all three
were afraid to enter to try to capture
the terrible looking creature. They
kept hid and were not seen by the
monster, standing in half erect posi-
ton nearly = feet. His feet were like
the paws of a bear or brute, with long
claws. His hands also were like those
of feline more than human. Before
the men could come to some action or
get over their fright the creature came
out of the barn in the same half gallop-
run gait and made for the creek By
this time the men started in safe pur-
suit. Tom Boston foolishly shot at it,
and the creature half turned and glanced
at them, increasing his gait, but never
dropping the three large chickens he
held in his claws The Bostons man
aged to keep in sight OF the creature for
only half mile or so, they vowing he
ran swifter than a horse. just as they
got to the top of hill about 500 yards
off they were rewarded by seeing the
brute man turn, with wild, scared
look, glance around and enter the cave.
The men went to the mouth OF the
cave, but would not enter. They saw
feathers, bones, etc, scattered around
the entrance. They returned home and
reported what they had seen, and Tues
day they, with half dozen other men,
went to the cave and made a partial
survey, proceeding in several hundred
yards. They saw fresh indications OF
habitation by bones, feathers, pieces OF
calf and sheep skin being strewn around
The passages grew smaller and dwin-
died, and no one Of the party would
enter alone, though one, Joe Smith,
went in 80 or 40 feet, when the most
unearthly yell the men ever heard greet
ed them. They were good, stout men,
but they coYed before that yell and
beat hasty retreat to the main passage
of the cavern, but after consultation
they agreed it would not do TO kill OF
be killed, and they gave up their search
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