The Battle For Skunk River
The Battle for Skunk River
In 1884, a farmer near Oskaloosa, Iowa, began losing livestock under mysterious circumstances. Night after night, enormous hogs vanished without a trace. But when the farmer finally witnessed what was taking them, his discovery would spark one of the strangest monster hunts in American folklore.
According to the story, an enormous reptilian creature emerged from the South Skunk River, prompting hundreds of armed townspeople to confront the beast with rifles, revolvers, and eventually a Civil War-era cannon loaded with railroad spikes.
This week, Holosky explores the…
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