Incident #992656
Pembroke, Ontario
1883
Account
A wild man 8 feet high, covered with black hair, said to live on Pretty's Island (not on modern maps) near Pembroke, Ontario. When two raftsmen went looking for him one had his arm broken by the giant.
When
- Year
- 1883
- Season
- summer
Where
- State / province
- Ontario
- Nearest Town
- Pembroke
- Latitude
- 4550
- Longitude
- 7700
What was seen
- Individuals
- one large, sex unknown
- Total Individuals
- 1
- Population Status
- wild
Witnesses
- No. of Witnesses
- several
- Witness(es) Sex
- Male
Setting
- Terrain
- shore
- Nearby Water
- river
Source
- Source
- Montreal, Que., Daily Witness, July 30, 1883, and other papers.
Creature description
- Hair Covered
- yes
- Height
- 8 ft
- Posture
- erect
- Hair Colour
- black
- Aggressive To
- witness
- Human Contact
- attack