, 1883-06-09
4 Mysterious Monster.

4 correspondent In the Lake city,
Oregon, ErawiRer, under recent
date writes: For the past two months
there has been very mysterious
disappearance Of lUuse stock from
points Of the valley between "FUrt
Crook hill' and the lower end of
Upper lake opposite, lake City, and
among stock men there has brcn
much speculation ~ to the causc
thereof. List, fall, In the month nf
,OctQhgr, thfge hunters from Lake
city made a pilgrimage To Cook,
lake, northenst,Of this place !, In quest
u deer. They succeeded IN killing
and capturing four fine ones, and one
.of the party succeetlod IN wounding
fifth which made for the lake,
swimuling halsliy ont on the water
When the pursuing hunter arrived
at the .shorr the wounded deer was
about fifty yards from the brink, aud
while Ninirod WIS In the act Of ainl-
ing. at the buck, he was suddenly
seized from bclUw by huge NOR
-tyr.
This Incident occurred In the
twinkling of AN eye, and the glimpse
Of this amazon cpicure was hut mo-
mcntary, and the whole matter 80
surprised and astonishcd the hafilcd
hunter that the description given by
him To his two companions WIS
necessarily confused, and II wns
mutually agreed that nothing should
be- said aluut the occurrence ON their
return Ia Lake City. The Incident
referred To had nearly passed from
the minds of the three hunters until
one Of the three was returning from
Camp Bidwell on Tuesday last, ar
riving at Goose creek his attention
was called to the lake by a fearful
roaring, his-i 2 noise. I.ooISing
acrOS, In the direction of Cooks lake
he saw fearful monster cutting the
plaid hosom Of Upper lake, and
vending it, way like an arrow to-
wards the west shore, It's Dragon
shaped front ten or twelve feet out
Of water dragging It's ponderous
hodyut a fearful rate. When within
about one hundred yards Of land the
strange monster turned suddenly
and swan rapidly down the lake for
a quarter of mile and suddenly
sink from view.
The narrator says that when the
monster turned he had fair view Of
Il, and pronounccs Il to he at least
fifty feet In length; the entire body,
which seemed to be- covered with
large scales, each particular one Of
! which WAS a nrge as the "dollnr Of
our ditsi-. lie thinks that rom tho
/ front twenty feet hack II would aver
age six feet in diameter; about six
feet from is horse-shaped head, II
was armed with two legs about eight
feet in length. Altogether Il looked
4 monster capable Of great destruc-
I tlon to man and beast. II Is now
generally believed here that this
fearful monster has been making fire.
] quent nocturnal visits to this valley
in pursuit. Of live stock, and Is PROV
ing more destructive To young cattle
than the dreaded "black foot" cattle
distenpor.
In addition to the great loss Of
horned stock there have been great
I'los~e- of sheep and goats in the Ar
| kan,aw settlement above Lake City.
[ \ few nights since Mr.. Spike, who
La fine herd Of Angpra goats at the
foot 0f the lake, was amused at mid
night by the incessant bleating Of his
herd, whereup0n he arose immedi-
atcly and ran towards the corral and
was a-toniShed to see through the
darkness huge animal making Oft
with a full grown Angon in its
mouth. On examination Of the trail
Of this wonderful visitor, he avers
that It indicated the presence Of an
animal hitherto unknown to him.
lie traced It D. the lake ly wide
swath Of crysHed sage brush and
grease wood{ II is needless to say
that the preSence Of this frightful
monster has cheated widespread con-
sternation in this usually quiet val
ley.