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Hunting a Wild Man: Winsted Woods Scoured Sunday
1media/huntingawildman_thumb.png2020-01-23T15:20:57+00:00Amy Harrellf057e4aa476562d6e6ff010d16933a34f37ce99913"Hunting a Wild Man." New Haven Register, August 26, 1895.plain2020-02-24T18:49:07+00:00New Haven RegisterAugust 26, 1895Winsted, ConnecticutAmy Harrellf057e4aa476562d6e6ff010d16933a34f37ce999
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12020-02-19T18:58:31+00:00Winsted Fights Back: The Social Reactions7plain2020-02-28T19:48:05+00:00Unfortunately, frustration mounted with confusion and the need to identify the wild man quickly gave way to the need to capture it. A mob mentality took over and the town organized a search party, which of course, did not result in finding the Wild Man.
Despite the search party's lack of success the town was determined to label or someone or something as the Wild Man. Eventually, the town decided it had found the real Wild Man, and sentenced a man to prison.
