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Jun 12

Wild Woman of the Navidad

Editors note> I enjoy reading these old articles. As people in the past had no reference point to describe seeing a Sasquatch they always referred to them as the “Wild Man” or “Wild Woman”.

In the early days of Texas, settlers living near the banks of the Navidad, southeast of Hallettsville, were subjected to visits by beings of unknown origin – several hairy and stealth-like individuals roamed through the brushy bottoms of the river – witnesses indicating that there was a male and female. Many folks back then were convinced that the male half of the duo had died and only the female remained. She became known as the “Wild Woman of the Navidad.”

In his book Tales of Old-Time Texas, well-known author J.Frank Dobie hints that there might have even been three of the creatures running together. But many of the old timers agreed that there had been only two from the beginning. There were many who speculated on the origin of the “never-seen” beings. Some thought they were run-away slaves. But as Dobie writes, “To settlers living against the deep woods and dense brush along the Navidad River no explanation was conclusive.” From about 1836 through 1845, folks were still unsure if the surviving creature was male or female. One settler, Samuel Rogers, saw three sets of tracks in the spring of 1845. Indicating that instead of one person, as previously thought, there might have been three individuals of suspicious origin.

So now there was a group of “wild people.” Rogers had a hired man by the name of Hall who also had misadventures with the creatures. Hall claimed that they had taken one of his trace chains. Shortly after this incident, only one set of tracks were seen in the area and again folks began to speculate that two of the wild people had died. From the size of the remaining tracks, they decided that the living subject was a male.

You can always get tidbits of information from older accounts, “The wild woman struck fear into the hearts of the slaves back then. The referred to her as “it” or “that thing that comes.” It has been written that she could walk right past guard dogs, during the night, and they wouldn’t bark or disturb her in any way.” This sounds like a lot of accounts today when people say their dog or dogs coward in fear.

Navidad

Source:http://www.texasescapes.com/MurrayMontgomeryLoneStarDiary/Wild-Woman-of-the-Navidad.htm

15 Responses to “Wild Woman of the Navidad”

  2. Dave Y

    Wes,
    One of the things I am very curious about is the huge caloric burden that would have to be met each day by one these creatures. At 7to 9 feet tall and 600 lbs to 900 lbs these things would need to consume probably 6000 to 9000 calories per day to maintain mass and strength. The mass is critical for their ability to survive the winters in the northern climate. Has this question ever been addressed with any of the experts you have spoken with?

    Thanks,
    Dave in Ohio

  3. Jan W

    Love J Frank Dobie! His book Voive of the Coyote was fantastic. Will have to check out his old tales of Tx. He is a wonderful story teller. Thanks for reminding me of an author I had forgotten about!

  5. Tyler D

    Honestly, sasquatch probably spend the majority of their day looking for food. N there’s usually multiple of these animals in a grouping which I’m very sure increases their chances of getting more food. Even sasquatch know there is strength in numbers. There is some downsides of being so large like having to constantly look for food n nutrition. But they are omnivorous, which means they have multiple food sources. Like PATRICK n Mike B were saying, there’s unbelievable amount of nutrition in the organs. Apparently they’re meeting their daily caloric intake or they wouldn’t be thriving the way they do

  6. Dave T

    I like a lot of the older reports better than the new ones. There wasn’t hoaxers back then and no ridicule for reporting or talking about a sighting or encounter like today.

  7. Wendy M

    If I may, I might be able to give an example of how much a very large animal may need to consume as far as food goes to maintain its body weight. I will use a horse ( I know it doesn’t eat meat but they can be very large ) a 1300 LBS horse if not being worked will need at least 1 to 1.5 % of its body weight to maintain that weight. That’s 13 to 16 LBS ( in winter a bit more for cold weather ) of food a day. If the horse is being worked then your looking at 2.5 to 3% of their body weight, now your looking at 26 to 30 LBS of feed a day! Also the digestive system helps to keep the horse warm in the winter time ( not saying a sasqatch’sI digestive system does the same ) along with a longer, thicker winter coat. Their’s plenty of high caloric tidbits in prey animals so they may not need to eat 20 to 30 LBS or more of food a day to keep up their weight and energy level. Hope this was helpful.

    Wendy

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