Glawackus

Glawackus

The glawackus is one of the fearsome critters, a group of legendary creatures in the folklore and traditions of lumberjacks during the 19th and early 20th centuries in North America. The Glawackus is described as looking something between a bear, panther, and a lion. It was seen in 1939 in Glastonbury, Connecticut and again in Frizzelburg, Massachusetts, where it is said to have attacked livestock.

ightings Of The Creature

Memories of cryptozoologist, from the Cape Codder:

I was working as a young reporter on the Hartford Courant that year when World War II was in the wings. But we were preoccupied with the developing story about this Glastonbury creature that howled at night, slipped in and out of view and caused dogs, cats and small farm animals to disappear. As the sightings grew in number, so did the variety of descriptions.

First it was a huge cat. Then some people reported what looked like a dog in back and a cat in front. Others saw it vice-versa. One man called to say he had seen a big animal in the pitch dark with eyes that glowed like embers.

It was clear to us that this weird, unknown animal needed a name. One editor coined the word, Glawackus. "Gla" for Glastonbury; "wack" for wacky; and "us" as a proper Latin ending. It caught on like magic.

Lowell Thomas, a popular nationwide radio network commentator, reported the Glawackus had been named by a "Connecticut scientist."

A safari was organized with two Ozark-trained hounds. The search came back empty-handed. The event, however, was memorialized in verse:

"Say did the fearless hunters, Pick up the beastly spoor, While trekking through the jungle, With steps alert and sure?"

References

* [http://drmysterian.com/2004/11/menories-of-cryptozoologist-from-cape http://drmysterian.com/2004/11/menories-of-cryptozoologist-from-cape]
* Matthews, John. "The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures". 2005, Barnes and Noble Inc. NY


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