Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Bit of History - April 28, 2021

didn’t get the chance to go to the Genealogy library this week after all but found this gem via Newspapers.com.  There was a report in the Feb. 18, 1938 issue of the St. Joseph News-Press of strange animal tracks found on the farm of county court Judge Frank Rinehart.  The tracks were “sharply defined” and were preserved (with a plaster cast, I would assume).  They were said to resemble a dog’s tracks but were 4 inches long and more than 3 inches wide and looked like the animal was loping rather than trotting. 

The Rinehart children described the animal’s cries as  “beginning like a mule’s bray and ending like a woman’s scream.”  Does anyone remember this story or heard about it from family?  Did anyone ever find this mysterious animal or have an idea what it could have been?  I am very curious about this rest of this tale.

No comments:

Post a Comment

All comments are moderated and all messages considered to be inappropriate will be deleted.

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.