Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-11-27
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 81. 1884 +.
A Tough Yarn.
Chicago Inter Ocean.


Chicago Inter Ocean.
Last season marine circles were al
torn up over the discovery OF an alleges
sea monster few miles off the port, and
subsequently when it was seen again OF
Deaths Door by SEINE fishermen. The
original discovery was made by Captain
Dick Brewer while he was towing big
mud scOw past the Marine Hospital.
Looking ahead out of the pilot house of
his boat he saw a large, black object
about quarter of block distance
which he at first took to be a log. There
was something in the appearance of the
object, however, which impelled him to
a closer inspection, and picking up his
marine glasses he leveled them in the
direction of the supposed log. To his
establishment it began to move rapidly
towards the tug, and when within a
hundred feet it stopped, raised its head,
and dove beneath the surface of the wat
er. A lookout was kept on all sidss OF
the boat, but the strange monster did
not reappear. Captain Brewer described
the animal or fish or whatever it was as
being about eight feet in length, covered
with long black hair, and possessed OF
an immense head, which was cross be-
tween the head of a horse and cow. A
great, gaping mouth, fringed with two
sets of long, threatening teeth and two
large eyes set close to the center Of the
animals forehead. gave it ferociOus ap-
pearance. Subsequently an animal Of
pretty near the same description swan
alongside the boat of two fishermen off
Deaths Door and frightened the pair so
badly that they were taken sick and
nearly died. Others claimed to have seen
this inland sea monster, but their state
ments were not credited. and whenever
the story was repeated the narrator was
scoffed into silence. The story was very
forcibly received yesterday by the exper-
fence of the crews of the tugs Miller and
Tom b. own, and, coming as it does from
two direct sources, it can no longer be
doubted that marine monster, riyaling
even the most hideOus of Jules Verne's
deep-sea animals in point of ugli-
ness, lives in the waters of Lake Michi-
gan. Yesterday afternoon when about a
mile east Of the crib the steward of the
tug Miller was engaged in filing his
water barrel. He was started of sudden
by huge black object rising to the sur
face of the water light under the tugs
port bow. At first black hairy body,
about eight or nine feet in length, was
visible, and then an immense head
with distended jaws, which snapped vi
ciously at the tugs vale, was thrust out
of the water, The cook recOiled and
called to Captain Weiman and the engi-
neer to look at the monster. They all
ran to the bow Of the boat, and cOrrobo-
rate the story of the cook, whose descriD-
ton of the monster tallies closely with
that of Captain Brewers. Captain Wei
man ran for the boats pike pole, but be-
fore he could use it the strange object
had disappeared. A few minutes later 1t
was seen leisurely rolling about in the
water, few hundred feet from the boat,
on the STAFFORD side, As the miller had
the Mediator in tow he could not give
chase to the fish, or animal or whatever
1t is, but he watched it until it dived be-
meath the surface Of the water and dis
appeared. An hour or so afterward the
tug Success was passing Lincoln Park
about two miles in the lake with two
vessels in tow. The deckhand Ed Burke,
was leaning oyer the rail contemplating
The water when he was startled by huge
animal RISING out of the water with q
roaring sound. 1t rOared as loud as
circus lion and darted toward the tug
with ferOcity and force which threat
ened to sink it. Captain Everatt's atten-
ion was called to the monster by the
noise it made, and he says he saw it al
20, 1t disappeared into the depths of the
AXE. Marine mon regard this story with
incredulity, hOtwithstand-
ng that the crews of both tugs st0utly
that it is true in every par
icular.
The thing to do now is to capture the
monster and bring it ashore, so as to
give scientists chance at it, Everybody
Who has seen the thing says it bellows
ike bull. and can be heard half mile
away.