Ghosts! Billygoats! Lazy men and thirsty thieves! All these stories — and more like them — as they were dutifully reported in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/reader-center/april-fools-day-a-stranger-times.html?partner=rss&emc=rss