Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-08-19
THE LAKE BIGLER SEA SERPENT.
THE REMARKABLE MARINE MONSTER FULLY
DESCRIBED - INTERVENE WITH LEADING
CIrlZRNs-OLD YANK NAILS TIE COLD
PACTS OF THE CASE.

Lake Bigler has long been without Eel
sepent, and visitors who have spent half I
dozen consecutive Summers at the lake, say
that the absence Of a sea serpent il the OIL,
draw back to its popularity. The APPEAL man
whenever he takes trip there is bothered t.
death by people who say: Cant you get US
up sea serpent7 We must have one and
pretty quick too. Those Monterey and
Santa Cruz fellows have . sea serpent en-.
gagged for the season, and the papers stand in.
Now I've been regular subscriber to the AP
PEAL for seven years and never vet saw line
about Lake Bigler sea serpent"
| THE SERPENT TURNS Up.
Yesterday the APPEAL man had fully de-.
termiaed to yield to the clamor of its sub
scribers in that quarter and establish the sea
serpent on a permanent basis, when the news
came down that real serpent had been seen
there and no mistake. Immediately the AP-
PEAL man sprang into one of Doc. Benton's
mountain climbing teams and started for the
scene of the excitement.
MEETS CAPTAIN PRAY.
The frat man ne met was Captain Pray,
who owns the entire town of Glenbrook.
Captain, I've come up to learn all about
the Like Bigler sea serpent"
"Don't know of any such lake around here"
said the Captain with a severe look. "We
have a serpent in Like Tahoe, and for the life
of me l can't see why the APPEAL, a stalwart
Republican newspaper, keeps calling this
beautiful sheet Of water Lake Bigler, after an
old rebel Governor. Why when the Legisla-
ture changed the name from Bigler to Tahoe,
l got up at midnight, went down the grade
and ripped of all the sign boards along the
road that had the name Bigler on them
THE SERPENT DESCRIBED.
The reporter sugyested that he would like
to hear about the serpent.
"Oh yes, the sea serpent, well now didn't
see the varnint myself, but yesterday, some
Italian fishermen did. They came rowing in
as pale as death, from the middle Of the lake
and said they had encountered serpent as
dig Is pine log. His head was all over hair,
and when he opened his mouth it was big
enough to throw a watermelon in. Of course |
only tell you what hsar, and you needn't
give me as authority. They say Bliss saw it
too. Better have talk with him."
Mr.. BLIss's VIEWS.
Mr.. Bliss was found aboard his little steam
boat making bet with British tourist that
il could go thirty-six miles an hour with
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Of the serpent was mentioned, he was ready
to tell all he knew.
"The snake is fully forty feet long and COW
cred with scales about as large as saucers. A
ridge of hair runs down his back as long as your
arm, and every time he twists about, the
scales crack like pistol shots. Put those
scales down as eight inches across"
"Were they scaled by the same man who
sealed GArdner's logs7 asked rustic stand
ng near. Mr.. Bliss Drained the man with
marlin spike, and continued as if nothing
lad happened.
Ellis tail Aukss are nine feet from tip to
lip, and |,
did you see this serpent, Mr.. Bliss q |.
W. uOs cAoStIy3 Jul q Nuou "hO WoIAS vi
ny boat had full view. He once worked in
newspaper Office, and Is az truthful as any =.
nan know. There he is. talk with him."
THE DECK HANDS STORY
II can tell you all about the SNAKE" said
he deck hand when interrogated, gathering
half hitch in his trowsers. "He's the boss.
lis body is fifty feet long; his scales eight i'll
hes wide, and the hair down his back a. long
. your arm" l..
ibid you see all this7"
"No, Bliss had full view of him. I'm
lst telling you what he told me-
THE FISHERMEN QUESTIONED.
The Italian fishermen were next interview
I. They were quite reticent At first but "
ere gradually persuaded to talk. -
Yesterday fornoona We rover out. Guer- "
ia Carabona my fren, TAXA Capen Pray. IL
retty quicka hea seea snaka on the water.
[e no seea, Carabona no seea." 10
AT TAHOE CITY. ~
Borrowing the steamer Meteor the reporter 70
I'D over to Tahoe City. "Ws call this 'Snob W
.rbor' now," said one of the deck hands, a,
good deal of style over there. Some of the in
omen change their clothes nine times q day n
ID quit as soon as their clothes give out" r.,