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From: David Sylvester <>
Subject: We’re all related to the Macclesfield Wild Man
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:22:00 -0500

WOULD the real relative of the legendary Wild Man
of Macclesfield please stand up?

After the Macclesfield Express went in search of
the legend behind a local giant who was
transported to Australia, escaped and became an
Aboriginal chief for 30 years – we thought we
would be lucky to find one living relative.

But, like London buses, three came along at once!

The tale of the Wild Man – William Buckley – born
in Siddington in 1780, is one that has gripped the town for centuries.

It involves a 6ft 6in giant of a man – for the
eighteenth century he was an extraordinary size –
who got in with the wrong crowd and was
transported Down Under for an offence of drunk and disorderly.

He later escaped his captors and made it into the
wilds of the Australian outback and stumbled upon
the grave of a recently buried Aborigine chief
which had a spear protruding out of it.


The rest of this article can be seen at
http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/s/208/208239_were_all_related_to_the_macclesfield_wild_man.html

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