"[1] The most famous story attributed to him concerned the sighting of a "wild man" in the woods near Winsted.
At the age of thirteen, he began working as a Printer's devil at the Winsted Evening Citizen, later becoming a reporter for the same newspaper.
In 1895, Stone wrote what became his most famous story when he reported that there had been sightings of a "wild man" in the woods near Winsted.
[2] In the story, the Wild Man "wears no clothes, his eyes swim in red fire and he's a good rifle shot.
"[5] He continued to create weekly reports, mostly about unusual flora and fauna around Winsted, that were reprinted in many newspapers.