Article: `Wild man' legend lives on; Author to talk of relative's encounter.(NEWS)

Byline: George Barnes

ROYALSTON - Hiking through the woods of Royalston on a cold November day, a local sage at his side, Peter Zheutlin came face to face with Royalston's wild man.

The face was on an 1800s photograph supplied by one of the wild man's descendants; the sage was retired Telegram & Gazette reporter Dick Chaisson, but the story, especially a little embellished, would have been appreciated by Annie Kopchovsky.

It is the tale of a writer, his long-lost celebrity relative and tabloid journalism at its best.

Annie, an adventurous Boston housewife of the 1800s, was Mr. Zheutlin's great-grandaunt. A few years ago Mr. Zheutlin, a ...

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