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Title	Animal lover, Washington, Indiana
Alternative Title	Animal lovers; Cat lovers; Dog lovers; Pigeon lovers; Cat lady; Pigeon lady;
Genre	Legend -- People -- Eccentrics -- Animal Lovers
Description	Ann Ledgerwood's transcribed interview of Greg Wimmenauer's account of an animal lover in Washington, Indiana. According to Wimmenauer, there was a lady who lived with between fifty and one hundred cats. She never got rid of them because they were her friends. One day, the cats started howling all at once. When someone came to see what was happening, they found the woman dead on the kitchen floor. The cats had eaten her skin.
Informant	Wimmenauer, Greg
Collector	Ledgerwood, Ann
Date of Original	1970-10-16
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 -- Daviess County -- Washington -- 1970
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-AnimalLovers005

Animal lover, Washington, Indiana

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