The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-01-23
In and About the State
WILD MAN Is CAPTURED.
lasso Used to Take Giant Creature
Who Ran Wild for Years.

lasso Used to Take Giant Creature,
Who Ran Wild for Years.
For the past three years rumors
have been current of different per.
sons at various times spying person
age of great stature, muscular, fleet
of limb and with every appearance of
ferocity, and most generally cbserv.
ing this creature in human form, with
in. few rods of the same place, which
is about one and one.half miles west
of Velva, along the river.
Last Sunday, while F. A. Lind and
l.. b. Mcnican were out rabbit hunt
ing. they We're startled; by hearing a
scream that resembled that of
panther, emanating from cluster of
thick brush. They galloped their
horses around ON the other side of
this thicket, and to their establishment
We're met, face to face, with MIN
OF gigantic size and strength, with
eng dishevelled hair that hung in
bushy mass from his shoulders. All
he had about his person to conceal
fls nudeness was a sheepsking laced
md tied with binding Irvine about his
Gins; his body entirely covered with
hair.
His final captors, realizing their ut
ter helnlessness to cope with this gil
gantic mo2ster, held a hurried consul
taticn as to the best methods to pur-
sue to effect his capture. They final
~ hit upon novel idea. Mr.. Mcni-
can rode his horse upon run back
to Velva. procured a lasso and has
tened back, Mr.. Lind keeping watch
in the meantime at safe distance
and holding the wild man at bay dur
ing Mr.. Monican's absence. Mr.. Mont.
can hastily returned with a lasso and,
being an expert lassoist, with the first
coil of the rope caught him around
the neck ;lld under the right arm, Sc
curing the end of the lasso to the
pommel of his saddle and with the
speed of the wind he ran his horse
around a nearby tree and drew his
captive close against it with a few
coils of rope around the body of his
victim. so that he was perfectly help
less.
Mr.. Lind ran up and tied his hands
and feet with the bride reins of their
horses and kept him secure, while Mr..
Monican rode to town, procured
dray, and this beast of human form
was taken to Velva and placed in
the basement of the Mcknight & Lind
drug store, where he is now confined
and where he is observed by many
, people each day.
Many foods have been offered him,
but he fails to partake of any. A half
pail of water was set within his
reach, and without stopping people,
who looked through the window from
the outside, declare that he drained
the entire contents, and, after having
done SO, with super-human strength.
he threw the empty pail against the
stone wall of his prison and broke it
into hundred pieces.
From his ferocious appearance
there is no doubt that should he get
loose those nearby would doubtless
suffer from his fiendish and brutal
attacks. From whence this strange
person came or the length of time
he has been in this wild condition per
haps will never be known.
One of the noticeable features of
this mans wild and brutal condition
is that two CT his front teeth are
about three-fourths of an inch longer
than the rest and having the form of
tusks, thereby showing beyond any
question his wild and untamable con-
dition.
What to do with this strange freak
Of nature, Mr.. Lind and Mr.. Monican
are worried about. They do not dare
to turn him loose for fear of thereby
becoming responsible for some depre-
dation that he may commit.