One of the greatest living human freaks in the country is to be seen in Caswell County, N. C., which is in Representative W. W. Kitchin's district.
The other day Mr. Kitchin received in his mail a letter from the chairman of the Caswell County commissioners requesting him to go and see some dime store manager and make arrangements for exhibiting the freak, which is a woman with a horn growing from the back of her head.
The horn is six inches long and very hard. It strongly resembles the horn of a goat.
Mr Kitchin saw the woman some time ago in a museum in North Carolina. The member from the Tar Heel State, however, has not yet made up his mind whether or not he will embrace this opportunity and embark in the dime museum business as a side issue.
The woman with a horn is no myth but a living reality.
Source: The Washington Times (Washington, D.C.), 9 June 1906, Page 6.
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The Horned Woman on Exhibition (Special to the Observer)
High Point, Nov. 9 -- "Mrs. Hightower, of Caswell County, who bears the distinction of being the only woman living with horns, was on exhibition here today while en route home. She was in company with her son-in-law, who has been exhibiting her in the side show of the recent fairs. Five years ago a growth was noticed on the back of the head and since that time a large horn has made its appearance. She is an elderly woman and suffers no little from the deformity."
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), 10 November 1901.
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