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Show iSTlKSM I TOLD EI WILD Mystery of Nude Girl With Aged Couple Fuzzle to Authorities LAUKfirL. Mis-"-. Jan. 2J Surruun.l-ed Surruun.l-ed by the comforts of civilization, Albert Al-bert Parson, the "Wild man of the Leaf river bottoms." his 30-yeir-old "Wife,1 whom he says he caught twen-t twen-t -three yearn ao in a bear trap and a two-year-old baby rfin, o or whom strayed into Lux yesterday like people peo-ple from another ape, tonight are as1 much a mystery to authorities as ever-! Interest centers in the babe's iden-' tity. Authorltiee feel certain she is not the child of the Couple who. although al-though in perfect health, shows signs of scars of primitive living anil eon-! Stant battling with nature. The wo-j man has lost an -ye. which she !--. '.ur. s in rambling statements was, "scratched out by o wild cat-" The man's clothed were In tatteri the woman wore th scanty remnants of a d'-ess and the baby was naked They had been driven out of their I "home," B SbaCk on a strip of land Itt an Isolated section, by high water, i LJarson maintains he owns the land. The trio had lived principally on roots, wild fruits and game which they j trapped but there wa evidence of an effort to farm with the aid Of a blind, horse which Parsdn said he had "cap-j tut !." Although the man's mind is said to, be more nearly normal than tho woman's, wo-man's, he is unable to account for the i chlfd. w Stories have been heard for year regarding a "wild man." but usually i were discounted. The man says he Is! 7 2 years old, but looks older. The three are being cared for at tb- county pooi- hoUM |