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Aug 18, 2023 · Jerome of Sandy Cove, the name often associated with the Mystery Man of Nova Scotia, was a figure who emerged suddenly and inexplicably. His name was not a birthright, nor a name given by his family. Instead, it was a name borne out of confusion and despair.
Jerome (also spelled Jérôme) (c. 1830s – April 15, 1912) was the name given to an unidentified man discovered on the beach of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, on September 8, 1863. [1]
On September 8, 1863, an eight-year-old boy named George Colin Albright discovered a shocking sight on the beach near his home in Digby Neck, Nova Scotia: A semi-conscious man, probably in his late teens or early twenties, with no legs.
Apr 13, 2022 · The story of Jerome: The southwestern N.S. mystery that never ends, even 110 years after his death. The man was found left abandoned on a Sandy Cove beach, both of his legs had been amputated. Lise Robichaud looks at a painting of Jerome she has hanging in her Meteghan Centre home.
Oct 30, 2014 · Jerome – Mystery Man of Sandy Cove. It was early morning of September 8, 1863. A Sandy Cove fisherman gathering rock weed along the shore noticed a dark figure along side a big rock on Bay of Fundy beach. As the fisherman got closer he saw the huddled form of a man.
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Nov 24, 2023 · The story of a legless mystery man known as “Jerome” who turned up one day in 1863 in Sandy Cove is well-known in Nova Scotia. He was found one morning, perhaps in September, by two fishermen on the beach by the Bay of Fundy sitting up against a large rock. He was suffering from cold and exposure.
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"Jerome" is all the tombstone says. The marker in the cemetery at Meteghan, in Clare , Nova Scotia , is silent about who he was and where he came from, but the local folklore is not. On September 8th, 1863, a stranger was found on the beach of nearby Sandy Cove, alive but legless and mute.
