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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
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First, it was a huge cat. Then some people reported what looked like a dog in the 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.
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It was clear to us that this weird, unknown animal needed a name. One editor coined the word, Glawackus. "Gla" for
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