The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-17

shrank to the other side OF the boat. II
would. without doubt. have capsized US.
one OF me men picked mp an AK and
quickly despatched the monster.
"'rhc better way now would be for you
TO come with me and will show you the
strange creature which ! am now taking
10 England 10 present TO the BRUSH
Museum. After seeing Ii you VIII. am
sure. Doe inclined 20 the opinion that once
Il is placed there it will easily outrank
All of the many strange things 10 De
found in that great repository OF the
worlds raritics.
Then the Major led the way 10 a store
room on Pacific avenue. where. In tho
middle of the floor was large coffin
shapcd box. II was ten feet long. three
feet wide. and three feet deep. Taking
a scrawdriver the Major unfastened tho
ton. All that could be seen was some ic"
covered with a white woollcn plAnhe'-
Taking the blanket by Tho end b" quick
Ia removed II. and a8 he did so the sigh,
of the contents of tic box almost lro/s
my blood. for right before my eyes was
apparently the naked BODY OF large
man.
The Major then removed tho cloth
which covered the lower part of the body,
This is exactly tho same as that of an
ordinary porpoise. The monster Is ono 90
the most remarkable freaks nature ever
put together The strange monstfOsity
measures ten feet from its nose 70 tho
end Of its nukc-shaped tail. and the girth
of It's human-shaped body was just SIX
feet.
II would weigh. IL Is estimated. close
to 900 pounds From about the breast
bone to point about where the base ot
the stomach would hc were II human,
il looked exactly Ike man. Its arms.
quite human In shape and form. are very
long and covered completely with long.
coarse. dark reddish hair as is the whole
body.
10 had or did have at one timo four
fingers and "A thumb on each hand almost
human i'm shape except that in place Of
finger nails there were long, slender
claws But In days long since gone by IL
had evidently fought some monster that
had got the best OF ID, for the forchnecr
OF the r'ght hand. the little finger Of the
left. and the left thumb are missing en-
tirciy
Immediately under the right breast r. a
broad. ugly looking scar. which looked as
n some time in the past IL had been in
hicted by "a swordhsh. on the sides and
body OF the monstersi.re numerous other
evidences that ifsHfc' I'm the ocean had
i''.i AAA AA'itA tAfii lNit 'N'f A|A|A' ~
hardly 20 snaco the ~ OF ones hand that
does not row cyidets'e of having at some
time or other received wounds
When the hidcous body reaches En-
gland that country can safely say that IL
possesses the strangcst freak the myster-
iOus waters of the Pacific ever gave up.
Now mind.' was Major Th0rncln's
parting salutations. don't IN any way
try 10 embcllish what You have seen and
heard. but just tell the plain facts. and
though this coast may Doe renowned for
strange and weird stories, this story %
the norman simply and truthfully told,
VIII am confident. prove the adage.
Truth IS stranger than fiction.
Now II only remains for some man as
responsible and wei known as Major
Thornclim 10 discover the mate Of tho
norman, ana we Will De- convinced that
the old mariners had not. after all. the
wonderful powers OF imagination and
romance go long ascribed 10 them
Tacoma letter in Washington Post.