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Title	Animal lover, Terre Haute, Indiana
Alternative Title	Animal lovers; Cat lovers; Dog lovers; Pigeon lovers; Cat lady; Pigeon lady;
Genre	Legend -- People -- Eccentrics -- Animal Lovers
Description	Eric Nance's transcribed interview of Brian Schoppel's account of an animal lover in Terre Haute, Indiana. According to Schoppel, there was a very rich man who lived in a shack with several dogs. When the old man disappeared, the srerrif came to look for him and had to shoot the dogs. The old man had been eaten by his dogs.
Informant	Schoppel, Brian
Collector	Nance, Eric
Date of Original	1969-08-11
Contextual Information	Each account of an animal lover is different, but most of the stories share some characteristics. A recurring characteristic of each animal lover is that they are an older person.
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Vigo County -- Terre Haute -- 1969
Subject	Cats Dogs Pets Pigeons Animals
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-05-18
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-AnimalLovers003

Animal lover, Terre Haute, Indiana

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