{
  "id": 16900157,
  "title": "Pittsburgh’s ‘Green Man’ was a real person – why the legend outlives the facts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/pittsburghs-green-man-was-a-real-person-why-the-legend-outlives-the",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-28T12:21:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation",
    "slug": "the-conversation",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/pittsburghs-green-man-was-a-real-person-why-the-legend-outlives-the-facts-291825"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "He wasn’t a monster. He was just a man who survived a terrible accident. So why won’t western Pennsylvania let go of its ‘Green Man’ legend? A folklorist explains.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}