Illustration of showing a human-bat creature and two other supernatural creatures from an Italian reprint of the Great Moon Hoax story, a series of articles that were published in 1835 by The Sun, a New York newspaper, about the discovery of life on the Moon, falsely attributed to English astronomer John Herschel. The articles described fantastic animals, including unicorns, bipedal tail-less beavers and bat-like winged humanoids (Vespertilio-homo) who built temples. There were trees, oceans and beaches. Authorship of the articles have been attributed to Richard Adams Locke. Illustration by Salvatore Fergola, 1835 - 1849s.