Nellie Bly is a reporter. Who does she pretend to be, and why?

she pretended to be a mental patient in order to be committed to the facility, where she lived for 10 days. Bly's exposé, published in the World soon after her return to reality, was a massive success.

Explanation:

his tongue, i believe, was bloody and hanging out of his mouth.

he looked as if he were hungry.

he has several wolf-like qualities; a gray coat, sharp claws and yellow fangs.

those eyes made me feel, dear reader, like the end was near.

as i reached for a stick, he moved to the other side of the hill.

panting and hungry, he looked at me, a defenseless human and he snarled.

well i said my prayers, however, he simply turned and limped off. 

wake*

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