Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-08-11
AN ELECTRICAL SNAKE.
Tail story About Fiery Monster That
Loft IA Trail Of Glass.

Tail story About Fiery Monster Tina
Loft a Trail Of Glass.
Marx Weston. farmer living near th
town Of Alexander, Ind, relates a mos
wonderful phenomenon which occurred Al
his place.
He says: Just after dark night befor,
last had occasion 20 20 out TO the barn u
look after the horses a public highway
passes within 200 yards of my house, and Tho
barn is built about 70 rods from the house
due south and somewhat nearer the road
started from the house in the direction oil
the barn and had gone perhaps half the dis
lance when noticed something playing
along the ground thnt looked like a ire
| nendous fiery snake
THE object crossed my path, and as it
did so felt the air grow much colder, and
q peculiar, moaning sound arose, like the
| signing Of the wind through the trees, only
I 1t WIS loud enough to drown mans voice
when he would shout. Then felt sone-
I thing come over me like electricity, and
I became motigniess, as though had grown
1 fast to the ground.
II was terribly scared, but never lost
Z the use OF my hands or legs through fear,
though there was something peculiar in
the air that simply paralyzed me- When
the thing had got perhaps 80 feet from me
going west, IL turned and came back, and
as it did 50 the moaning sound changed to a
shrill whistle, something like locomotive
would make, and when it got just in front
OF me 1t took "A course directly away from
me and toward the barn.
at Travelled very rapidly and looked like
a large. ragged streak Of fire. perhaps 30
feet long and is inches in diameter. The
thing reached the barn and In almost an In
slant ran directly up in front Of the build
ing and onto the roof | expected every
moment to see the barn burst into flames,
but it did not. The great fiery snake ran
with great rapidity all over the building, in
almost every direction, up and down, cross
wise and every way. | suppose, Il thousand |
times. 1t then came to the front of the |
building and elevated itself, and it stood |,
straight on its tail fully 30 feet In the air
II was perfectly conscious all the time, |
but try IA | would could not move from /
the spot. After the thing had remained in (
an upright position for, presume, three
or four minutes there was sudden explo-
sion like the discharge Of a cannon, and the
thing disappeared entirely. With the dis
appearance OF the strange phenomenon !
felt n shock like the first one had felt. and
at the same time ] gained control OF my
limbs. | fastened to the house. told my
wife what had seen, and she thought |
was crazy, but upon my insisting she con
sented to accompany me TO investigate the
matter
You can imagine our surprise upon
reaching the barn to find 1t covered with
network resembling large ropes
Of ice. They appeared to pass around the
building in exactly the way the fiery mon :
ster had passed. 1t was not ice. however
but seemed to he more Of crystal, for il {
would not melt even when we held flame !.
20 it, and when struck with a Ratchet IL
imply gave II dullish sound and did not
break. I
Upon entering the barn we were amazed. {
IS two good horses stood in their stalls i'm
movable. They were alive but neither [
ould move muscle. They seemed to be
and stood there more like statues F..
han anything else. They were warm and
reathed all right, but aside from this YOU
Guild not tell they were alive. appiied p
he whip and they never finched. A dog Z
hat sleeps in the barn was dead and an, u
cared completely petrifed He was living il
the ground with his head on his paws u
lst ike he WIS sleeping When left home II
his afternoon, everything was Just as | n
ave described it to you. Cor Chicago y
Iail o.