Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-11-01
Tho Sea ssrpsat Again.

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Everybody has read or heard. at
various times past, Of the sea serpent;
how he has bean seen wriggling his i'm
msnss length over the big waves. out in
mid-ocsan. yet the huge snake has gen.
orally been considered . sort Of myth;
an institution the real existence OF which
was not reliably proven. Now. how
ever. two good citizens Of Oakland,
CAL. Colonel J. W. Wood and VIM. G..
Dinsmers. come forward and make .
publishsd statement TO the effect that
they have recently and previously seen
with their own eyes q huge sea serpent
in San Francisco Bay. The Oak.
land correspondent Of the Ala having
interviewed the good citizens Aforesaid.
publishes their account Of the matter.
from which we extract the following
description Of the great snake. Colons'
Wood says:
Il was about twelve months ago this
Summer, quite early in the morning
between Ave and siY o'clock-that /
first saw this remarkable snake. II was
about ons-third Of q milo north from
the center Of Long Bridge. and appeared
to DO sporting in tho water. which 1t
agitated Violently and dashed into u
foam. Its numerous huge coils. as
seen above the water. might have been
taken for q scrambling groap OF seals
Of the '.Gsn. Grant" or "Ben Butler"
order, OF Cliff House ~notoriety. and
that's what I thought at the time. and
why I said not q word. But after q
later and more distinct observation, and
In view Of what I have since heard. i am
satisfied that my first spectacle was Of a
unity in one snakeship Of monstrous di-
mensions. My second and final view
was last month. also quito early In the
morning, whilst l was coming out to
| Long wharf ON the earliest morning
train. II was In about the Same line Of
observation NJ my first view. but not
more than half 10 far away. i had q
| good and satisfactory view. when the
monster dove under the water and was
lost from sight. II stood . erect from
the water as one Of the piles in the
alps, and In the uniformity Of It's diam.
eter I would judge It's measure to be
from II to 1G inches. Its height above
the surface OF the water was 10 to 10
feet. The head rssemblsd that Of a
lizard or bull-frog. and was dazzling
black. while the throat was pure white.
From the head. just above Q lizard
shaped mouth, prstrudsd nm inch or
moro . pair Of doep black eyes. half rs
large n ordinary saucer. The bsdy. or
10 much a. ! saw. was striped In har-
monious shades OF black and brown. on
the back and sides. the stripes running
l~sngthwise, while the belly was almost
white. Running down tho center Of the
back was plain to DO seen u sort OF I'm
like ruffis, about four inches In width,
rs though the cuticle Of the animal had
been drawn tightly from the belly aud
sides and pinned back. after tho fashion
Of tho day.
The plain view Of the serpent that
Mr.. Dinsmoro had. was while II was
swimming along with the rapidity OF a
stsam.tug. near the old ferry landing.
or Long Bridge. Its head was raised
about four feet out OF the water. and at
intervals he could see 4 curvature In Its
huge belly at o distance not less than
twenty-five or thirty feet from its head.
His further description. very substan-
TALLY the same ~ that given above,
we will not repeat, but with q truce to
this matter. leave the reader TO do his or
her own specializing on the monstrous
worm that We believe lives and moves
and has its being in the waters Of San
Francisco Bay.