The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-29

the deep for about fifteen minutes.
Brother Pratt informs us that one enter
prising citizen has large rope, to which
Is attached a stout hook well baited, tied
round stout tree, so that we shall, no
doubt, hear before long that the monster
is caught at last
-Four years elapsed without any further
'official' recognition Of the animal, and
then appeared in May, 1874, the following
in the same paper:
"By the courtesyof President Brigham
Young we are enabled TO print the follow
ing letter, which, from the known verac-
ity of its writers, is sufficient to extin-
guish all doubts as to the existence of the
monster which has so long been supposed
to inhabit the waters of Bear lake, Rich
county: Last Friday morning, May IS,
on our return from conference, William
Broomhead, Mr.. Pratt and myself will
liam Budge) were in light wagon travel
ing northward by the lake shore, when
our attention was attracted by an object
in the water about hundred yards ahead
of us, and about twenty-five yards from
the shore. AS we got near we saw that
it was an animal, the head and portion
of the back, about foot from the head,
being visible, the invisible part between
the two being, no doubt. the neck When
we were within about seventy yards the
animal dived, and, from this ac-
blOh, we JuuB6u JndG ~ was Hob
more than five or six feet long.
Still, we did not see its length 1t came
up again in perhaps about minute, q lit
tie behind us, and probably not more than
thirty-hve yards from US. It's face and
part of its head were distinctly seen,
covered with fur or short hair of a light
snuff color. The face Of the animal was
apparently fiat, very wide between the
eyes, and tapering TO the nose, with very
full largo and 1rOminant
sembling those of a horse, but scarcely so
long. The whole face, in shape, was like
that of fox, but so large that the space
between the eyes equaled that between
the eyes of q COW. IL did not look fero-
cious, and was in no hurry to go, but kept
moving slowly, them diving again, came
up and moved off into the lake as fast as
man could walk. We had an excellent
opportunity to see what was above water,
and the lake was perfectly still. As
there has been considerable interest
eyinced in regard to the bear-like mon
ster. l submit description Of what we
have seen, thinking it might be accept
able to you "
Such are the letters written by men OF
standing in the Mormon church to their
president, Brigham Young, man with
whom it was dangerous to joke, and to
whom no Mormon in his senses would
think, or even dream, OF sending de-
liberate lie. What, then, did they see9 IL
is impossible to say. But this much is
certain, that whatever it was, it was an
animal unknown TO science, and as such
distinctly worth investigation. Ten years
after the date of the second letter | was
in Utah, ana during my stay there the
beast was, as | have said above, pursued
and shot at with a revolver, and its trail,
which / remember showed no foot-mark,
examined. Another decade has all but
elapsed since then, but the beast has not
yet been captured That it is some va
riety of seal or monster is probably GER
tain But what interesting developments
may not have taken place in its anatomy
during the ages that have elapsed since
its ancestors were cut of, perhaps by the
upheaval of California, from the Pacific
ocean2