Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1910-10-26
The CeredO Advance,
ONE OF THE ouEEREsT OF US
a Human Being Clothed Only in hh
Own White Hair Living WiiG
in Mexico.

in Mexico.
/ indians from the Las Playas River
headwaters, 100 miles from the tcwr
OF Tonala or the Gulf of Mexico. re
ported at that village last week that
the wild man who has haunted the
Montana Jabon district for many
years has again appeared. This
mountain is in the state of Tabascc
near the Vera Cruz border.
The old man. known by the ma
tiyes as "el hombre de silvestre de
monte" has mis- abode near the Rio
de las Playas. a stream at the foot
OF the Jabon Mountain and a tribu.
tary 10 the Tancochana River. he
is supposed 20 live in an cid aban.
coned mine, one which has MOI been
worked for more than a century. &C
cording to older men Of the district
Il Is said no other person has ven.
tured within the shaft in the last SO
or more years because of the many
superstitions connected with the
place. Many natives and one Ameri
can are said 10 have approached the
entrance during the last generation
but none has passed inside. YAM.
pire bats and small animals iphabit
this cave and many weird sounds
come from its depths
The old man is known TO have
uved in the neighbochood for more
than 90 years. and in that time is
said not to have spoken with anoth.
er living soul. He he thought 10 be
spanish because of the clcarness of
MS skin. When seen recently by
hunters his hair and beard were
white and long and his body entire
~ covered with white hair He is
quite old-probably 90 years-as
nearly rs can be judged from the
many stories told by those who
claim TO have seen him The old
man has been approached 10 within
distance of easy conversation, but
when addressed uttered a few inco.
heront sounds and ran into the
woods. He is harmless and is said
70 have never own fight when ap-
preached. The fact that he carries
constantly a bow and arrows would
Indicate that he eats flesh and fowl
as well rs fruits and herbs AS for
clothing. he wears absolutely moth
.ng, at least when he has been seen
1is crooked old frame has been dap
ed in nothing except the long white
lair which covers his body.
Three years ago the old man was
seen near this abandoned mine. but
soon afterward all trace of him was
,ost till some days ago. This time
ne was seen by an old Indian VINO
was passing down RIO las Plavas in
4 canoe. lie reports the wild man
IS being much more feeble .hau
! when last seen and his antics are Of
"a wilder nature. He did not run. as
n former years, but instead frolick-
I2d about and laughed I'm most
|aideous manner. making faces at the
indian and conducting himself gen
Ierally in the way becoming half
witted person
| The old man is said to have nev.
! er had companion i'm this weird life
out he is supposed to have become
I 1emented when, more than go years
ago. he returned to his home I'm n
i1earby village and found his voung
wife murdered. The shock is sup
posed TO have caused his mind TO
become unbalanced and he immedi-
aiely -eregated himself from the
.est o. mankind. He is not feared
BY the older indiana and Mexicans
Of this out Of the way district. but
&c has served as the bogey man Who
viii get unruly children. His name
5 much feared by the little ones I'm
he neighborhood. and I'm their
minds be is capable of many terrible
hiags. And fl is not strange 10
relate the terrible long haired wild
nan never molests well behaved
children -Mexican Herald.