Show MEXICAN CENTAUR the strange creature killed la the woods of arkansas according to an arkansas journal dr collins of little river county that state killed a most remarkable quadruped near his place in the spring of 1877 from the time of the war up until the year named several persons claimed to have frequently seen an animal in the form of a largo red deer with the head and neck of a man on the day that the animal was killed dr collins wife and a negro girl were going along an unused path when they saw the queer creature peering at them through the underbrush they made haste and informed the doctor what had occurred he took hia gun and started in search of the beast which he soon overtook and shot closer inspection showed that the head instead of being that of a man more nearly resembled that of a baboon its eyes were large and very prominently set to the sides of its head A long fringe of brown beard covered the chin and neck dr collins says that when he came up with the creature and leveled his gun at it it seemed to be aware of its great danger the large eyes melting into tears as it saw the utter hopelessness of the case when shot it uttered a heartrending heart rending scream and leaped high in the air expiring with awful groans which closely resembled those of a man in distress it is generally believed that the creature was a species of mexican centaur a semi legendary creature of the post con quest era |