The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-29
FRIoHTFUL BEAST IN
DREARY wLDs
TCoUtiOucd from inst page

knocked ~ over IN u tuint. II was
u great beast Of some sort feeding uu
the top Ut the quakiup nsl,. We were
too -ratcd To- move aud lust ,tuoI
there watching The thing was c,i
drutl, ~ u rage ct something from
the way 1t acted. It, front legs we've
shorter than it, hiud legs. aud ii- bud,
crmri tu hr covered witu ptcrnisu
scales which looked s,.uy aud hard.
It, l""t were sort ct bands with great
claws on them, aud every nov aud
then 1t would stop feeding long
enough to below again aud tear up
ia" rocks aud ditt like u mad bull IT
thra>hcd around with It's 10 tan.
aud nt every lick 1t would ,unp on
the snprlings like 81 much gta,s
stcms. Along its back bone from the
top at ~ head tu the iip ~ - tail
was u ridge at Snmrtniup that uukri
like u cross between spiucs. hair aud
feathers, aud whcn It slapped arnund
aud beloved, tbs ridge stuud up ou
end about four feet hiuh hut ITS
head. Say, want =" tell YOU thnt 81
wa awful n was set uu y long.
slim neck. like u snake =. Ill shiny
aud green scales that gtlstcurI ~ the
late sun rays On top oi it, head
were iva short horns. aud IT. ewes
were fiery red aud . glitt"riup green.
according 70 th" usut. IT. mouth must
have had u stretch uf three feet. aud
II was lined with great fang, a- Inug
H. u man = fingers. We tried tu keep
~ quiet ~ pu~~Ihlc and iu hack ont
without the creature seeing IT,. but
fuyhur slipped uu a s,uuc aud made
q bug NOISE. The beast lei nut one
roo aud stood ur on s hind leg, 10
look around We saw We were disco,
cred aud started 80 run out ut there.
Then w. heard toe beast, coming fnr
ns, pinwiup way ,ruugn rrarNiug.
hrrH ing nsIs ~ rasIty ~ yuu wnuld
run lhfuugh an uHt bcld u"u II
stood uI, u was ,uu fifteen ,ect high.
aud ever, Jump It made about twenty
feet to uut one. lodged mp u ebert
in the ella aud yelled 10 faykor iu ful
low. aud wc Just got iu the cleft ~
time tn" split was So narrow that
'hr thing cuuur MOI get Ia to H., hut
u Wa, mad clear tnruugn aud began
t]"a,tug ~" rocks apart With itS great
uiHW~ "" kept raco.ug uI aud climb
ing higher Hud lue beast Kept ou com
my, tearing out the rocks and hrliuN
my like thunder uud hung onto my
gun aui when could io nothing else
3 pumped q let 1T lead iutu the beast
Each time II wa, nit. IL ,crmrd O." make
~ mnliri. hut that b, about all the
damage rt did do. Our ur two shot,
got iu under the scales at ~ body and
~ bleed u SOFT 1T v"liuwish red blood
that made the smell all IA" worse.
NJ last We got 80 far nnch IN ~" rlcit
aud 20 high up that It was beyond even
lnr awful power aud strength of this
creature tu reach ~. Aud there We
stayed as tina, night aud the next day,
with that thing IN guard ~ last -
stray bull came down the RAMON. With
.,s great mouth Hud teeth. We thought
tuut Do would Kill tac hull hy biting II.
hut It just held with ~. claws aud ham
m"r"i IN" huh 10 II pulp, striking II
with ~ head aud hitting with it, hluui
nose with the force uf u pile driver.
Just when ~ aug out of there aud
made for .iomc. well. scare. me-. \
scientific hunger up our way wrote il
down. Yes, here II -, Skulwaugcr
Most modern member uf genus plrNlo
,auru~ Now extinct. 1uIs fellow with
10" spec. said inat the thing VI" ,nw
answer, the description uf what q,
popularity called mons scientists, the
SkulwHugcr, hccnus" tuai j. what n
doe, mu~i Of the time, aud that It has
hrcu extinct for thuu,nud, 1T wears
lie said that II wHs the missing lin
between the lrhtNusaurus aud M" mod
rru mai>UpIuls, best represented lay 'ic
%kunpnroo. Yep, he wrote those name
down Tor me too. Then the fool wen
up aud saw the tracks of the beast.
Now, he j. out hunting for IL, aud
says he j. going to hud II II II Kills
him. tried 10 get him 10 stay at
home, but hc says that science de
mands thr hunt, aud that l. he cau
lind aud viii il, he will he famous.
reckon that ii be- finds II, he will Ice
: NJ Butcher j. responsible for the
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