The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-13
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q TAN Story About Fiery Monster That
Left = Trail Of Glass.
Mark Weston, q farmer living near the
town OF Alexander. Ind, relates q most
wonderful phenomenon which occurred at
his place.
He says: "Just after dark night before
last had occasion to go out to the barn to
look after the horses. A public highway
passes within 200 yards of my house, and the
barn 10 built about 20 rods from the house
Cue south and somewhat nearer the road. ]
started from the house in the direction OF
the barn and had gone perhaps half the dis
lance when I noticed something PLAYING
along the ground that looked like a tire
mendous fiery snake.
The object crossed my path, and as II
did so felt the air grow much colder, and
peculiar, moaning sound arose, like the
signing of the wind through the trees, only
It was loud enough to drown a mans voice
when he would shout. Then felt some
thing come over me like electricity, and
became motionless, rs though had grown
fast to the ground.
II was terribly scared, but never los,
the use OF my hands or legs through fear
though there was something peculiar in
the air that simply paralyzed me. Wher
the thing had got perhaps so feet from ms
going west, it turned and came back, and
as 1t did so the moaning sound changed to Q
shrill whistle, something like locomotiy,
would make, and when IL got just in from,
Of me it took course directly away from
me and toward the barn.
1t travelled very rapidly and looked like
a Large, ragged streak Of fire, perhaps 81
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 l expected every
moment to see the barn burst into flames
but 1t did not. The great fiery snake rar
with great rapidity all over the building, IL
almost every direction, up and down, cross
wise and every way. suppose, a thousand
times. 1t then came to the front Of tbs
building and elevated itself, and IL stood
straight on its tail fully 30 feet in the air.
= II was perfectly conscious all the time
but try Us / 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 cannon, and the
thing disappeared entirely. With the dis
appearance of the strange phenomenon
felt shock like the first one had felt and
at the same time ! gained control Of my
limbs. hastened to the house, told my
wife what had seen, and she thought
was crazy, bat upon my insisting she con
scented to accompany me to investigate the
matter.
You can imagine our surprise upor
reaching the barn to find it covered with .
remarkable network resembling large rope,
of ice. They appeared to pass around th,
building in exactly the way the fiery mon
ster had passed. 1t was not ice, howas,r,
but seemed to be more Of cry~s.ii, for Il
would not melt even wh@a We held a flame
to it, and when struck with a Ratchet il
simply gave . Gullish sound and did not
break.
Upon entering the barn we were amazed.
as two good horses stood in their stalls i'm.
movable. They were alive, but neither
could move muscle. They seemed to b,
iparalyzed andstood there more like statue.
than anything else. They were warm and
breathed all right, but aside from this you
could not tell they were alive. applied
the whip, and they never finched. A dog
that sleeps in the barn was dead and ap
peared completely petrified. He was lying
on the ground with his head on his paws
just like he was sleeping. When left homt
this afternoon, everything was just as
have described 1t to you."-Cor. Chicago
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