Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — Discovers a Petrified Man. [ARTICLE]

Discovers a Petrified Man.

Peter McNabb, a fern gatherer, found in his wanderings through a forest near Columbus, Ohio, what seems to be the petrified remains of a man—probably a prehistoric man. He says it was brought to light by a recent landslide. One arm and one leg are missing, the remaining leg being drawn up against the stomach and the head dropping upon the breast. In size it is a little above the ordinary, and appears to have been buried in a sitting posture. Hundreds look at it, but no scientist has yet examined it—Chicago