『THE POLAR BEAR IN ARKANSAS: A TRUE HALLOWEEN HORROR』のカバーアート

THE POLAR BEAR IN ARKANSAS: A TRUE HALLOWEEN HORROR

THE POLAR BEAR IN ARKANSAS: A TRUE HALLOWEEN HORROR

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On October 30, 1951, the Campa Brothers Circus was performing in Mena, Arkansas when a lion killed 9-year-old Maria de la Campa — a tragedy still marked by her grave in Mount Calvary Cemetery that reads “KILLED BY CIRCUS LION.” Less than 24 hours later, on Halloween morning, one of their trucks wrecked en route to Mount Ida, releasing two leopards, two black bears, several monkeys and a polar bear into the Ouachita countryside. Montgomery County Sheriff Wilbur Tidwell organized over 100 armed men to search the rugged, rain-soaked hills — one leopard was killed that day, the second the next morning — and by November 1 the story made The New York Times. The strangest escapee, the polar bear, was reportedly shot two days later by an area farmer, who shared the meat with locals. One black bear and one monkey were recovered alive and the fate of the others was never fully accounted for — a gap that later fed Arkansas black panther folklore.

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