In August of 1895, there were multiple sightings of a hairy “wild man” running through rural Winsted and Colebrook, Connecticut. Some claimed he was human, others said he was some kind of primate. Hundreds of people searched for him; the creature made headlines across New England before he seemingly vanished… until there were other sightings in the 1970s. Could it be the same creature? Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger head into the woods of northern Connecticut in search of the legend.
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The Winsted Wild Man as seen in the 1895 Boston Post newspaper
Hartford Courant 1895 Winsted Wild Man Headline
Chi
June 20, 2023Sound like a aboriginal American
Mayan
June 20, 2023Story real disrespectful but we know who the real Slavic wildmen are vs Aboriginal American Land Lord
New England Legends
June 29, 2023I don’t think that’s a fair assessment at all. No one has ever suggested this person was Aboriginal. There were plenty of European “wildmen” in New England and other regions. Some of these folks may have had psychological issues, they stopped shaving and cutting their hair, and lived in the woods.
Donna
January 26, 2024Some people just wander off and feel no need for human companionship, they are commonly called hermits. Years ago there were a few in towns near where I grew up, sad but true.