The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-12
SEA SERPENT YARN.
Two Anglers Aver That They Saw It
 in Long Island Sound

Whitestone, Aug 11.--Another sea
 serpent has made it's appearance III
 Long Island Sound, according to the
 story told by Anthony Rick and Wes- ley Hunt two anglers of this place,
 who declare that they saw the mon
 ster in the water off Throgg's Neck
 yesterday afternoon. Possibly it is the
 same reptile that terrorized the fisher
 men and hotel guests on the island
 shore last season. It appears to be
 working it's way toward New York. According to the story 1t was scurry-
 ing around Fort Schuyler from the sound into the East river when seen yesterday afternoon at speed that
 would enable it to reach the city before
 nightfall if it did not change its course.
 The reliability of Rick and Hunt who say they have seen the serpent has never been doubted by any of their friends until now. Because of their
 past truthfulness and the seriousness
 with which they tell the story many accept their statement as grave truth. Others believe that if the men did not really see a serpent, they certainly thought they did It was about fifty feet long, according to their statement. The men say that they could not be
 mistaken as to the nature of the object which they saw, but their estimation of it's length might be few feet out of the way one way or the other. The whole story of the mems experience
 runs like this. They went to Throgg's Neck in the morning and cas-: anchor off Jacks Rock, a favorite haunt for Blacktish. By noon they had landed quite number of fine specimens 1f the finny tribe The sun had been pouring
 down it's broiling rays upon them all
 the morning, and by this time they had become thoroughly dried cut and were
 almost overcome by heat. There is a canteen on Fort Schuyler q short dis tance away, where the soldiers of the Second United States Artillery, sta | toned there, purchase wet goods. The anglers decided to go there for refresh- | ments, and they did so. According to Kicks story they drank a couple of big glasses of beer, for they were very thirsty.
 It was upon their return to the fish 1 ing ground that Hunt spied the hideous | monster skimming over the surface of the direction of the buoy off the fort lie gave a shout of alarm, and seized his companion by the shoulder Rick | turned in the direction in which Hunts gaze was riveted, and declares that he also beheld the monster serpent. Both | men solemnly aver that the drink had no bad effect upon them. According to
 their description, the serpent had a big ! round head, which it held constantly
 out of water. Its whole body was black or deep seagreen in color, and it's
 back was scalloped up over the surface of the water in such a manner as to give 1t the appearance of a row of inn
 mense croquet wickets. Its tail was vigorously flashing the water into white foam, which covered its wake. Both
 men are known to be brave, being vet erans of the war, but they admit that they were scared. They did not fish
 any longer, and in going home they carried their skiff across Throgg's Neck to avoid going around Fort
 Schuyler, where the serpent had disap- peared. Some persons here credit the story only to certain extent as re-
 gards the description of the object seen.
 They believe the men saw only the seals
 that escaped into the sound from the lake at Glen Island last week Some of the mems friends say that it Is their
 intention to procure a quantity of the
 beer sold in the Fort Schuyler canteen for the purpose Of having it analysed.