The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-16
THE DRAGONS OF FRESNO.

THE DRAGONS OF FRESNO
Winged Monsters that Devour Fowls with
Three Snaps OF Their Jaws
ETup, ne ~. LOUIS Republic.
A.number OF persoGs living in tho vicinity OF
I!cdle-y. Fresno county. Cat, a reputable cit:
fisens too swear TINT they have seen IND
srs. head proai; 3 is long and wiio eyos MT
though more Circular in form. They have iivs
aud it's rack is eleven inches wide anu nine-
teen inches long. These strange creatures
Of July II. and their peculiar ciies and the
s % ns s .s T .r a nhs srsnk
In TIVE d dvS,i nFs hysr ward
| was visited by the monsters. many OF the hens
%h"so xho es.minsa tho cd DEAF ekIsHsSss say
BY a very large dog. On July IL y carriage
ioaaed viii picnickers was returning from q
sil snI Hosr1 ~ rusa q tne,r pInioIs: snsp.
ssa %ssa{1 s' Hssht ns!Sss 'ys '%ss
who isd on t the ,uies. heard strans. rang:
ling noise in the deep. swale under. "A
Sns sn
| the water. ny ing 30 close to the mon that the
Of sass
with that o. the persons who saw them on tho
j. D. Dupie Of Sanger heard OF the matter
to Sap!urs or Iii He dragons. st he tells the
nights Ma'i vac das
nonst:rs had ovidsntiy been IL Horn Val o..
about four miles above: the night be!oie. They
| had killed q number OF ducEs. and the hanhs
OF tD0 DOlu were S,rowu with IpltherS, W q had
no intent OF giving oyer the plan ~ cantur..
m,.s W. eecrs t ourseyss s'si in the tho
Sls u whc aasa mad se mat: with the o night Guns
VS. tors at least; should ins,y make their ap:
heard IN the direction Of Kings River. seem.
Ing two or three miles away. The omlnous
heard tho rush and roar OF wings SO htdeous
that our hair almost stood ON end. The two
round and round the pond in rapid whlrl..
screaming hilsously all the while. We had q
they SyT passed Few Yards o, us and
their ,t eyes we're plain, Eshs W. W. could also
shouts resembling that Of the air TOR, and
their teeth Teeth could 30 seen q they snapped their
ThS ta ascas tbs
proII.bly examining II any food was to be had.
"a ~ R"As aa sas Tn
ts Than mud n ad bs9 T
eeu s4o 't al aa Ha as y:a asss' 8. :Ass
iest long. and while yadins through The water
they looked not unlike gigantic frogs. Their
Sae a1a HI IKE "ts ss
ysins parts and Seemed all the time
aed aSon among tho .e snd ushe
catching mud hens. One Of the fowls was de-
q a n nj - a
fired. One rose in the ar, " lied, and flew
strength. -, The other noundelet about IN the
water until IL reached the slGs OF the pond.
ihe plain; We loaded oar guns and gave chase.
than We could However. wa, were abls to fol.
lev ny ifs dismal n, cries IN the di,!a.ce. ".
our heans rhe next dsg c"S sIsu 9u went
in pursuit ard tra'led it by the blood on the
oSs Eheh r.G ss to Mss
lost Who're it passed down the bank 1t left
several YER well ne tracks In the mud One One
dryt9x vas taken to Selma, wsere 1t is iu the
| possebsion OF Mr.. Snodgrass."
From the san franctseo Chronicle
1t ia not entirely sac to assume that the
inhabit tho swans ana marshes In the vicin::
the olasc,n,s horriDiis. ms might lie expected.
nor hat tho creature has been projected from
s ndsn TGi4o ct Kind e
| winged animal thero which devonrs chickens
and other domestic fowl-not Simply kills and
| ea's them. hui crushes and ma giles them.
In addition 10 THIS mute te lImnny NUMBER
OF witnesses. secmi ely reputable. have, &C:
entrey strange t 10 them erens ir"ush tho
afr; ut'erinG their weird and discordant cries.
| and swooping toward the ground. whilo
another witness has shot at and wounded ono
| Of hose birds. IL they lie birds. and has secured
One OF two thinGS Is true either al these
| witnesses are telling a inlsahood. intentions
ally. or as the result OF SELL deception. or they
| have como upon survival o. an earlier and
| prehistoric ago In this latter Hypothesis
| ara acoustic red to think OF geologic ages or
| eras as being clearly defined. accuratcIy lin
| tied periods OF time. as though one ended I'LL
a. once and another bryan Immediately upon
| Its conclusion as do the lines or figures repre-
geology and kindred sciences The idea is
| erropsous in the extreme No ono can say
that at u certain time ono era ended and an
| other tegan; On the contrary no host author
| tiles ngreo that ono era lappel over upon an
| or plant o. one period is often 70 nd in an
otner. and that tur2 ival OF types OF forms is
| not to BIO unexpected
IT, then the marshes Of Fresno have given
shelter tor centuries to forms Of animal life
with which we are unacquuinted there is
may be-: II will be IN event in orni,holngy IL
these birds can DO classified especially II they
ar" found 10 belong to u pal'roIoic nge. hut he
ynnd that 1t Will nrnNs nothing except that
there are stran,cr lnGs in arth and heaven
than are dreapt or in our philosophy.
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