Tatzelwurm, Illustrations

1) Case 1779. According to the caption, the allegedly oldest, faith-ful representation of the Unken Tatzelwurm votive picture. (Courtesy "Der Schlern",Brixen). There is, however, at least one other version, older than this.
2) Case 1779. A still newer version of the Unken Tatzelwurm votive picture. (Courtesy "Der Schlern", Brixen).
3) Case 1894 Italy/TS: near Meran. Apparently a drawing made by paintress Ada von der Planitz according to the description by one of he witnesses given long after the event. (Courtesy "Der Schlern", Brixen).
This animal was found in the coldness of the morning in bedewed grass. It was 60 to 70 centimeters long, had the thickness of man's arm and a loathsome appearance. The head was large and blunt. It had no feet. The color was grey, perhaps a bit greenish. The people called it a "Haselwurm". It was slain with a hammer and buried.
4) Case 1916.s. Austria/St: Soboth. Drawing by the witness, Erna Pötsch, wife of a forest ranger. (Courtesy "Der Schlern",Brixen).
This animal was observed in a meadow, at a distance of 2 meters and 50 paces from the edge of a forest. It was breathing int-ensively and it had an extraordinary evil gaze. The head was big and broad with prominent, frog-like eyes, the skin hairless with warts and of a grey-green color with a reddish glimmer on the back. Only fore legs were seen, similarly to those of a dachshund. It was approximately 50 centimeters long and as thick as an upper arm.
5) Case 1927-8. Drawing by witness Josef Reiterer, made 20 years after the event.(Courtesy "Der Schlern", Brixen).
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DR. HANS G R I E S S M A I R
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