Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-09-29
IRON the Wyoming Times, Sept. 10 !

I'm toLL AND CONCLUSIVE EviDrNCr-Tlr
~, - - Tx LAKE MONSTER 4 FIXED FACT
:. ''i'o"lng statement, made bv j. w. Hal
~ io'hner merchant Of this village. cannot but
In Silver Lake " ''''''''
, ~ company with Mr. Samuel A. Scnse, of No.
pey st, New York. Mr.. IIallett. visited th.
iahe tuesday week. and while ON ,he oh.ervo,orv
81" what he has kindly furnished az for publica
ton. " P''O"
=, Just before sunset, while we were unon the
observatory company consisting If .Iosenh
H'''han' Neis"n Edgerly samuel a. Sease, of
,''" ORR and myself saw an object within
n 1e u six r'd, ot the west shore about opposite
'hapn's Landing. \, first supposed il wa. n
stump and hence SAID nothing To- the company
present; still not being fli,y satisfied | kent nv
eye III that direction uccu> iouully. Suon nfter |
Jaw the water disturbed in that quarter aud
Thought 1t M ;ht te hv som. animal in the water
Mr. Gilman also observed il, and immediatel,,
eanea # the spy glass. After looking at the
otJeet through the glass he exclaimed That is
the gentleman"
. he glass was handed to me; looked through
IL perhaps momrnt; the ohirct did not apprnr
to move. Then it commenced moving very sln,v
~ III the direction of the foot of the lax and near
CT where we were stationed, still following the
shore. 1t mnved II little faster. | should think
1t moved in the sumo direction three or FIVE rods
The portion of the creature in view at this time
WAS about two feet above the surface of the WIZ.
ter ltthen turned aud moved in the direction
OF the outlet. After it had changed its course,
nothing was in view but its head six or eight in.
ches above water. Tnen that disappeared, and
IN moment rcarpeared, the creature throwing
himself upon the water So that we saw fifteen or
sixteen feet OF It's body lying on the surface of
the water.
The length of the creatures head, as near as
| could judge, was about eighteen inches aud i'm
medlately back of il the water covered about one
foot OF the creature; from that point there was II
gradual rise of the creature out of the water and
extending from the head fifteen or sixteen feet
The highest point of back above water was about
one foot From the highest point the slope to
ward the other extremity was not gradual but
much more abrupt, and a dark streak, as though
it was "a continuation of the same object was Wis
ible bevondit. Soon after it went under again.
and again came up still nearer us This time it.
moving faster, and we saw it go down and
again appear, in the same manner,l should think
twenty times. 1t continued thus until it had reach
ed about one third of the way across Il G lake. At
times when it not in view | could distinctly
the wake on the surface If the water. and
could tell where the creature was coming up be-
fore its appearance on the water by the wake.
II looked with II view to ascertain if there was
anything OF wigge as of snake, but could see
nothing OF the kind. When fifteen feet of the
creature visible il moved right ahead, prope-
led by some power under or behind him, which
could not discover. AT one time, when the
creature under the water, duck was on the
surface, and very shortly ,he duck commenced
flnttcrng in the water and then hes away. con
cluded the duck had become frightened as tho
creature approachedit.
The nearest view | had I think was about
thirv five rods. The head was very full, of Il
hnl dog shape, and more like the picture Of a
large snake shead than anything else could think
of His head was about rs large around as that key,
(puinting to nail kcg in the >toreroom) but lon
ger. The wake when the creature moving
on the surface was larger than that made by any
of tho boat. an the bike