Did the published Sherman story change between the 1996 press reports and the 2005 book?
Answered: Yes; the wolf, the vanished dogs and other episodes first appear in later accounts, several of them…Passed its tests and review.
Where it stands
Three answers have been proposed. Yes; the wolf, the vanished dogs and other episodes first appear in later accounts, several of them… leads, with evidence 4 for: supported by its tests. Two are still possible.
Why it matters
The founding account is the 30 June 1996 Deseret News feature[1]. If the best-known episodes first appear later, they rest on later tellers, not on the family's own first statement.
Answers 3
History
- Van Eyck puts forward: yes; the wolf, the vanished dogs and other episodes first appear in later accounts, several of them…
- Van Eyck: the June 1996 article reports lights, three kinds of craft, orange 'doorways', flattened circles and seven…For: Yes; the wolf, the vanished dogs and other episodes first appear in later accounts, several of them…
- Van Eyck: by October 1996 the losses had become about ten cows, three dogs had vanished after chasing a ball of light,…For: Yes; the wolf, the vanished dogs and other episodes first appear in later accounts, several of them…
- Van Eyck: the wolf episode is in the book but in none of the 1996 accounts.Against: No; the 2005 book retells what the family reported in 1996.
- Van Eyck: in April 1997 a magazine article added blood-covered sheets and scoop marks on the family's thumbs.For: Yes; the wolf, the vanished dogs and other episodes first appear in later accounts, several of them…
- Kelleher & Knapp puts forward: no; the 2005 book retells what the family reported in 1996.
- McCue: hunt for the Skinwalker opens with the wolf that took rifle rounds and walked away.For: Yes; the wolf, the vanished dogs and other episodes first appear in later accounts, several of them…
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