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Title	Wolf woman, Jefferson County, Indiana
Alternative Title	Animal lovers; Cat lovers; Dog lovers; Pigeon lovers; Cat lady; Pigeon lady;
Genre	Legend -- People -- Eccentrics -- Animal Lovers
Description	Deborah Jane Magill's transcribed interview of Marth Ann Werner's account of The Wolf Woman in Jefferson County, Indiana. According to Werner, there was an old woman who lived as a hermit after the death of her husband. She took care of the wildlife and raised a pack of wolves. One night some farmers heard a pack of wolves howling, so they decided to go see what was wrong. They discovered that the woman had died. She had fallen out of her rocking chair shortly before the men found her.
Informant	Werner, Martha Ann
Collector	Magill, Deborah Jane
Date of Original	1971-06-24
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 -- Jefferson County -- 1971
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-AnimalLovers006

Wolf woman, Jefferson County, Indiana

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