San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-30
THE MISSING n .
A Remarkable Ihirty-Foot Monster
Found in Death Valley.

q statement mace oy
George Nay: of Needles. in relation
TO q large reptile that had been seen
In the vicinity of ID Aggett. Acc )rding
to Mr.. Nay, b w. Spear had dis.
q peculiar trail, and, follow.
ing it, came upon q gigantic creature,
anything he had ever nae the
pleasure of meeting. He described 1t
as 80 feet long and thoroughly unpre-
possessing. Spear withdrew without
formality and told his story only to be
laughed ct. Later, Harry Brown 50
the monster, and Mr.. Brown scratch.
ed the desert sands quite hastely in
retreat. At the time Mr.. Nay left
Daggett Q party was being organized
TO hunt this strange denizen o! the
valley. Now appears Oscar w. Clark
scientist, with q weird tale and word
painting of the animal.
'"The announcement of the expert
ences of Messrs. Spear and Bro wn
rather anticipated me-" said MT.
Clark yesterday. II had 9 fine
opportunity of seeing this strange
denizen of that mysterious land
known as Death Valley Desert, and I
desire to cay that this animal is the
most wonderful living proof of the
exact authenticity OF the resources
made by savants into the field of
archaeological study.
This animal is really the only living
link between prehistoric times and
the present. It IL virtually . mar
vel of the ages, the eighth wonder
of the world, Q marvellous illustration
OF The profound economy of nature.
1t was six weeks ago that I had the
pleasure of seeing this remarkable
animal. 1 was ONE thirty miles
distant from Daggett, and stopped at
6 O'Clock in the evening to rest, hav-
ing made some valuable additions
to my collection of fossil remains.
Happening to glance to the south.
west through the haze peculiar to the
desert, I saw . strange body moving
along about one mile away. I went
toward it, and was O both elated
and Mortified by seeing an animal
fully 80 feet long that differed from
any of the known forms of the present
epoch. 1t was an immense monster,
walking part of the time on it's mind
feet and at times dragging itself
through the sand aud leaving tracks
OF q three toed foot and q peculiar
scratchy CONFORMATION in the sand
whenever Ii changed it's form of loco
motion and dragged itself.
The fore limbs of the animal were
extremely short, and it occasionally
grasped the nearest shrub and de.
vOured it. The thumb of the three
pronged fore foot was evidently a
strong cenical spine that would be a
| n q N nnrnno UaAnnn nf ATTACK fnlIv
IA feet high.
The head was as large Q 81 good sized
cask, and was shaped somewhat like
q horses while the body "a as
large as that of an elephant, with o
tail extending like that of an alliga-
tor.
When the strange animal was on
the edge Of q great sink hole Of aka
line water-a sink.hole, by the way.
that my guides told me was q bottom
less pit, and evidently q remnent OF
the days when Death Valley was an
inland sea. 1 approached within
800 yards of the monster, crawling
cautiously over the sand, and watch
ed it for fully half an hour. Suddenly
the beast began to below, and. the
sound was of q most terrifying and
bloodcurdlipg character. The i'm
mense eyes, fully rs large as saucers,
projected from the head and cleaned
with q wild and furious fire, while
from the enormous mouth of the
monster streams Of steam-!ike vapor
were exhaled, and as they drifted to-
ward one Of the effiuvis was some.
thing awful.
1.-THE animal was liver color, with
bronZelike spots. The monster bragg.
ed Itself to the edge Of the sink hole
and dashed it's tail, and finally fell of
into q quiescent condition. / left the
scene and attempted to secure the
assistance of my guides in an effort to
capture the monster, but they were
absolutely terrified and refused to do
anything.
From what I saw of the animal /
am perfectly satisfied that it is one of
the species of the IguanOden Dennis
santenis. of the European Jusassic,
IN animal presenting many points of
structure in common with the iguapa
of today. In fact that is the report
that 1 have sent in, and knowing full
well geological environments of the
Pacific Slope and the very remarkable
and peculiar conditions regarding
the Death Valley section, / am salts
fled that my deduction are correct
and that there Is today living in the
desert of Death Valley n Of the
most remarkable animals now on the
face of the globe-none other than
one of the monsters of the prehistori c
epoch, o wonder of the centuries