Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-10-27
LOOKED LIKE A CABLE.
The strange Sea Monster which Appeared
or the New England Coast

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Mt Cherries A. Russell, vf Glou -estcr,
lawyer; sir Edward Bats. Of Salem.
gcnt'cmtn; air Sumner ID. York, clerk Of
the Gloucester police court ani Abort -.
TAR, teller in the Rockpo.t Na;icnil Bank,
havo been ctmping out az Galiy Point
near Ro,kport Mass SaturdIy evening
Mr.. Tarr. the tcllor, sat with his glass
IN bis hand poer.ng out scavarl Son be
Cd ervel upon the surface 81 the water
monster q most hid'ou' mirn. Startled,
though bat for moment, rs he NJ once
rculiz ii tie safety OF his position, tho
attention o. tho others was called TO
rho strange APPEARANCE.
These gcntlcmcn of various occupations
and styl, Of min l had this In common.
tnst they did not bsl eve iu the sea-sOgpont;
but Us they gaXad and still their wonder
grew the conviction Of their youth and
ripsr years gradually yi'lded to the po-
tcncy Of fact. There before them, visible
b. the unlidcl eye, moving his slow length
gracefully toward tho shore. was the veri-
table subject Of many horrible yard and
~ mcny moro blood CURLING Il cams On.
ward md shor,ward he moved. only one
lut unlilmnyol. unt.i within two hundred
yards OF the campers so far rs could bo
jiigCd-nud ggaoth.ng must be allowed
for tho excitement OF tho occasioE-thc
monster was ono hundred fc1t in length
unL as largo around as n kcg. Tho head,
lrI.ent'ng a bOrried front was seen raised
high ahov, the water Only Tor moment
he fingered and thHn, as though fa;,sii d
az having his existence aud identity thus
established beyond tho reach OK caviliing
disputlut, and un,Cscuorsts disbc,ievcrS
kc rounded the point with grand swoo.
and, heading toward tho Jreak-water, dis
appeared
Major Kent a summer visitor in this 10
caiity aud a most resp',t4bic gentleman,
saw the monster, but be was farther away
than tho camper, and al not got SO goo a
Wow. Hc thought IL was large fish with
long net in tow. lie hal no glass
Mr.. Ru sell, tho lawyer above m ntioned,
in an interview with th, CORE spondcnt,
said that be would not hclicvo IL II h had
not seen II with his own eyes
Mr. BATHS, Of Salem a gentleman, said
IL was s ght IN, like ~ which no never
saw bsicrc, anl IL ever there Wa sea
serp-nt, that was orc.
Mr. sumner ID Y0rs, who. In his post.
ton ns cicrk Of th' Gllucr'tsr police court,
h,s seen many strange things AMI heard
things that ar, n god deal stranger, said
OF all tho snakes hc had ever seen or OF
which he had ever dream "a that snake wa
Tho biggest
Albert W. Turr one Of tho party. saw
the serpent, anil describes il as resembling
= grcat col or snake slmj eight or ten
iiches thcs ani probably seventy-Gvs
foot or moro la length. Tho head aud SOW.
cal undulat GA. of tho b.dy were plainly
visible. quito b'nrs ia color, anl rs it was
not more than ten yard from shore, he 1.
quite sure that some animal or fish of an
unusual nature was moving about. II
swan into on ind'ntation of thl sh0rc on
IOdto tho residences 81 Mr.. J. Sinborn. aud
then swung rounl, heading out 10 sea. In
swinging out to sea rs says 10 looked just
like a cable nuny into tho water and pulled
f'om DO Ia enls. 1his, in itself. was quite
sufficient T. satisfy HIM OF tho extreme
length. IL moved slower than svorl.
H. or shark, aud had no fins visible. II
left quito wake lChiud which was seen
ON the calm surface long nf.crwarL