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Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods; With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts, William Thomas Cox, 1910
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HODAGS FILL BLOODY BASIN.
Spring Brings Out Scourge of Dangerous Brutes Together With Another Peril—Hillside Ghyser — Fear Reigns
Warm spring weather has brought out the hibernating Hodags in the Bloody Basin and Verde countries, and in addition a new peril in the shape of a breed of cousins to the hodag, which the ranchers of that region have named the Hillside Ghyser. The ranchers are becoming very alarmed at the prevalence of hodags and ghysers, and are contemplating holding meetings and getting action in the state legislature to curb the perilous pests. The following letter from a ranch hand in the Bloody Basin is self-explanatory. “E. R. P.,” who wrote it, explains in a marginal note that he wants his communicaton in the Sunday Arizona Republican as that is the only newspaper that penetrates into the fastnessess of the upper Verde and Bloody Basin countries. Bloody Basin, Ariz., April 3, 1913. Editor Republican: Sir—ln your Sunday edition of March 2 I notice an article mentioning the disappearance of the dangerous hodags which have inhabited Bloody Basin and vicinity for some time. Now being a resident here. I wish you would permit me to have a few lines in your valuable column, and I will try to clear up the mystery which has been troubling everyone for so long. Your correspondent was correct when he described their disappearance and no trace of them being found, but as the warm weather has returned, so, also, have the dangerous “hodags” in great numbers, bringing with them the wild and man eating “Hillside Ghysers,” whose resemblance is so close to the “hodags” it is very hard to tell them apart, except when pursued by one, for their speed is nearly equal to that of an express train, and their legs being a trifle longer than the “hodags,” they have a tendency to travel a little up hill while if a person will keep going down grade he will escape them in time. One of the boys, last week, while out riding the range on the fastest horse in the outfit, has nearly caught in a race of twenty-two miles and as a result is carrying a heavy automatic and keeping close to the home ranch. The cowmen of the basin here, and the Verde also, however, would forward a movement to have a bill passed by the present legislature fixing a bounty on their hides of, say, $25. This would induce trappers to exterminate the dangerous beasts. If they are not exterminated it will be difficult for the cowmen to employ cowpunchers who will not take fright at the first brute and leave the country. Hoping that some definite action will be taken in the near future in regard to this matter, and that the beasts will entirely be done away with forever and, if so, let peace and quiet reign once more in thls vicinity. It would be a great load lifted off of everyone's mind who resides here. Very truly yours. AN EMPLOY OF THE BLOODY BASIN CATTLE CO. T.T. Ranch, Bloody Basin, Ariz. ————————————————– Arizona republican. (Phoenix, Ariz.), 13 April 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
$5,000,000 FOR HUGE REPTILE.
[Illustration of Brontosaurus (1897), by Charles R. Knight (1874-1953).]
LONDON, Dec. 16—Accompanied by “Laddie,” a German war dog, whom he captured on the Western front, Capt. Lester Stephens will leave London on Christmas Eve for Central Africa, in search of the Brontosaurus, a prehistoric monster, for possession of which, according to the Daily Mail, the Smithsonian Institution offers $5,000,000.
“Laddie” will be employed to find and follow the trail of the monster. The brontosaurus was seen in the Congo recently by the Belgian explorers Gapelle, LePage and others.
Captain Stephens believes the reptile is hiding in the subterranean sea in Central Africa. He is taking with him a Mannlicher-Schoenhauer rifle, a “Winchester repeater,” a double barreled shot-gun and a 45-calibre revolver.
Walter Sinuns, famous hunter of big game, who has had years of exploring experiences in Africa, is an enthusiastic believer in Stephens’ mission, which he is backing.
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Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth. (Kingman, Ariz.), 20 Dec. 1919. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
HODAG SCARE DIMINISHES
Correspondent Says Animals Seem to Have Left the Country: Advances Explanation That May Account for Scarcity.
A calm has come after the storm. A special correspondent in the Bloody Basin yesterday sent in the following letter, referring to the discovery and proposed extermination of the sidehill hodag, which has been killing cattle and sheep and frightening the people Of the Verde country for the past three weeks.
In camp on the Verde, Feb. 14. 1913—Hodags have been less seen lately than not quite so lately. We are fortunate in not seeing them for they must be very dangerous, as they can kill a yearling calf just like nothing. Our camp is right near a hill, but we are not scared because we can reach the flat easy and get the hodags all balled up on the level. Although we have been waiting for a week here we have not seen any hodags yet, but William Kitchen, the settler about five miles up the creek, says they howl around his sheds every night. Bill has had to get a gallon keg of applejack down to the store to keep his three hired men, and he says they don't do no work but just set and lap up the drink. Bill wants to get the farmers together and hunt some night, but they all laugh or tell him they ain't no such animal. But some of them are real afraid of the hodag and asked Bill to please come quick and help if the hodags get bad. You know Bill is great on climbing hills and they all think he would be great to deal with the hodags.
Johnny Reece, one of Bill's cowpunchers, says the hodags live in cliff holes with winged snakes. He says he knows because he seen some of the snakes, but Bill says go on, you been getting too much of the Dutch curridge [gin] under your belt; no wonder you seen snakes.
We been talking to a man who said there is a funny animal's dead carkiss over the range a ways, and he makes it out something like our hodag. We are going over to see it tomorrow, and I will send you another story next week. If my camera is working I will get some pictures, but the box has been on the bum lately and maybe it won't be ready in time to get a view. ————————————————– Arizona republican. (Phoenix, Ariz.), 09 Feb. 1913. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
ALLIGATOR FOUND IN SEWER
Employee of Pittsburgh Bureau of Highways and Sewers, Pulls Out 3-Foot Saurian.
Pittsburgh.—The North side has been famed for many things. Now it is the habitat of the alligator.
If you don't believe it, ask George Moul, a perfectly reliable employee of the Bureau of Highways and Sewers. He has the proof on exhibition at his home in Lockhart street. He got it yesterday when he was sent to fix a sewer in Royal street.
He had lifted the manhole and was prodding to remove the obstruction, when a strange face, with rather evil-looking eyes, bobbed In his range of vision.
After the first shock Moul grubbed the head and drew forth a 3-foot alligator. He got a rope and led it to his home and is trying to dope out how the Florida native got this far North.
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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport. Ky.). 14 Nov. 1917. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
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HODAG KILLED NEAR HERE WITH REVOLVER
(From Thursday's Daily.)
“Doc” Pardee is telling a great wild animal story, and when he gets into the middle of it one would think there was no such thing as bucking horses or any other kind of beast. He declares that a new species of animal has been discovered in the vicinity of Prescott which is known as the “hodag” in its native country. He says that one of these animals has been killed in the Black Canyon district. Two hunters were after the beast, and many shots were fired to no avail, when Al Kellogg took the trail and soon landed the animal with a six-shooter. Only Pardee can describe the animal. Ask him about it. ————————————————– Weekly journal-miner. (Prescott, Ariz.), 04 Nov. 1914. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
THE ALLIGATOR AND THE BOOTS
Here is a story of a disappointed alligator:
“The fisherman was fast asleep on the river bank when the alligator crawled up and tried to swallow him, but only succeeded in swallowing his boots, in which were so many snakes that the gator turned from the river and took to the woods, where in a vain effort to climb a tree he was shot by a nature faker and sold to a college museum as a hitherto unheard of specimen of the saurian family.” —Atlanta Constitution. ————————————————– St. Johns herald and Apache news. (St. Johns, Apache Co., Ariz.), 28 Oct. 1909. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
HUNTERS FIND HORNED RABBIT
Rare Species to Be Mounted and Given Museum
ENID, Okla., Jan. 2 — Local hunters are oiling their guns in preparation for a big rabbit hunt following the shooting of a rabbit on whose head was a pair of well-defined horns. A few days previous another rabbit had been shot by a couple out-of-town hunters who claimed that their trophy also had real horns, altho not quite so well defined as in the case of the second rabbit.
Four local rabbit fanciers were hunting the "cottontail" about nine miles northwest of Enid. Suddenly an unusually large rabbit ran out of a bush in front and sat up on its haunches directly in their path about fifty yards ahead. One of the men shot it.
Upon examination they found that it possessed a pair of real horns, located just back of the ears and about the size of a man's finger.
According to scientists such species of rabbits do exists, but they are very rare. This is the first, time, as far as can be learned, that any have been seen in this section. The hunters who killed the horned rabbit are going to have the head mounted and will then probably present it to some museum.
————————————————– The Seattle star. (Seattle, Wash.), 02 Jan. 1922. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.