Newspaper Clipping of the Day

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I’m just going to leave this one here. I think it speaks for itself. The “Hartford Republican,” September 12, 1913:

Fort Smith, Ark. A creature, conforming with the generally accepted appearance of the devil, stole the body of a man in the neighborhood of Base, Montgomery county, according to S. H. Farrow of Cedar Creek, and vouched for by four supposed eyewitnesses, is the story that has gained much comment at Waldon, according to advices.

Farrow says the body stolen was a farmer's. The eyewitnesses to the spooky occurrence were keeping watch at the house when the weird creature entered. He carried a heavy chain across his shoulders, wore a white robe, and a long growth of red hair, they say.

His face was apparently painted red, and on his forehead a small set of horns had been fastened.

The watchers became so alarmed that they fled, and when they returned the coffin was empty.

I have no idea what really was going on here, but I think we can take it for granted that this farmer was not his neighborhood’s most esteemed resident.