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  • Mystery monster returns home after 121 years [Montana][Cryptozoology][Shunka Warak'in]

    11/15/2007 2:27:42 PM PST · by BGHater · 46 replies · 1,925+ views
    Bozeman Daily Chronicle ^ | 15 Nov 2007 | Walt Williams
    ENNIS - More than a century ago, a wolf-like creature prowled the Madison Valley, killing livestock and letting out screams that one account said would leave a person's hair standing on end. A bullet from a Mormon settler's rifle ended the animal's life and triggered stories of the creature that were passed along through generations of family history and local folklore. The only evidence of the creature's existence was a missing taxidermy mount and a grainy black-and-white photograph of that mount - which fueled strange speculation about what kind of animal it really was. Now after 121 years, the taxidermy...