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Towson-area mother says unidentified man living in a sewer harassed her children

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The Washington Times, Daily Mail and New York Post report that Unique Wiggins, a Baltimore County mother, says a man living in a sewer near her home in the Lutherville-Timonium area harassed and chased her children. Wiggins told CBS Baltimore and WJZ that her 21-year-old daughter called her frightened, and that her children had made similar complaints at least four times. She said she confronted a man she heard singing in the sewer system, and that he replied she should tell the children to leave him alone. The man has not been publicly identified, and the outlets report only Wiggins’s account. The coverage cites no police report or other independent confirmation of the events described.

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  1. Unique Wiggins, a Baltimore County mother, says a man living in a sewer near her home harassed and chased her children.

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    The Washington Times, Daily Mail, New York Post

  2. Wiggins says her 21-year-old daughter called her frightened after a man in the sewer told her she could not walk there.

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    Daily Mail, New York Post

  3. Wiggins says her children made similar complaints at least four times before she went to the sewer system.

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  4. The man has not been publicly identified, and the reports do not cite a police report or other independent confirmation.

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    The Washington Times, Daily Mail, New York Post

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All three articles report that Unique Wiggins says a man living in a Baltimore County sewer harassed and chased her children. The coverage comes only from right-side outlets and rests on Wiggins’s account, and the headlines differ mainly in tone, with the New York Post using a horror-film comparison.

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    Headlines lead with the mother’s accusation and the sewer setting; the New York Post uses a playful Pennywise reference and profanity, while the Daily Mail quotes the mother’s outburst.

    Sensational language“Pennywise lives”The horror-film comparison dramatizes a local dispute and frames the man as a monster before the facts are established.More neutral: A man living in Baltimore’s sewers is accused of harassing childrenDisagree with this highlight? – in the sewers of Baltimore: ‘Leave my f–king kids alone’
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    Pennywise lives

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  • Sensational language

    Pennywise livesMore neutral: A man living in Baltimore’s sewers is accused of harassing children

    The horror-film comparison dramatizes a local dispute and frames the man as a monster before the facts are established.

    Pennywise lives – in the sewers of Baltimore: ‘Leave my f–king kids alone’

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    unbelievableMore neutral: says the situation is unusual

    The word is an exclamation that adds drama and emotional emphasis beyond the reported facts.

    Maryland mom claims man living in sewer is harassing and chasing children: 'This is unbelievable'

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    These are Unique Wiggins’s words. The outlets are reporting them.

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  • the mother’s account
  • the man living in the sewer
  • harassment of children
  • the mother’s confrontation
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  • New York PostRight

    Sensational language“Pennywise lives”The horror-film comparison dramatizes a local dispute and frames the man as a monster before the facts are established.More neutral: A man living in Baltimore’s sewers is accused of harassing childrenDisagree with this highlight? – in the sewers of Baltimore: ‘Leave my f–king kids alone’

    Unique Wiggins initially didn't believe her children when they told her a man lurking in the sewers had left them terrified after speaking to them from underground and harassing them, WJZ reported.

    Read at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
  • Daily MailRight

    Maryland mom claims man living in sewer is harassing and chasing children: 'This is Sensational language“unbelievable”The word is an exclamation that adds drama and emotional emphasis beyond the reported facts.More neutral: says the situation is unusualThese are Unique Wiggins’s words. The outlet is reporting them.Disagree with this highlight?'

    Frustrated mom Unique Wiggins said: 'I'm not saying this gentleman should necessarily go to jail, but he should not live in the sewer.'

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
  • The Washington TimesRight

    Baltimore County mom says a man living in a sewer harassed her children

    A mom in Towson, Maryland, is accusing a local man living in a sewer of verbally harassing and chasing her children.

    Read at The Washington Times (opens in a new tab)

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    The Washington Times, Oct 23, 1:38 PM EDT

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  1. The Washington TimesRightOct 23, 1:38 PM EDT
  2. Daily MailRightOct 23, 5:37 PM EDT
  3. New York PostRightOct 23, 7:32 PM EDT

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