The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-06-13
ANOTHER MONSTER
TALES ABOUT sERPENTs THAT
SWIM THE SALT SEAS.
Steward Of the Celtic Tells of the
Strange Thing He Saw Skipping
Over the Deck.

The White Star Liner Celtic, from
Liverpool to New York, lately passed
the very latest sea serpents. This
fact, it should be stated, is not enter
ed in the log. 1t was confided to the
ultramarine reporters by a steward
who was perfectly willing to furnish
a description. Robert Hillard, the
actor, was willing under duress |,
provide corroboration.
This sea serpent-witnesse differ
as to it's length-was sighted holding
a whiskered, calflike head 10 feet
above water Behind, where the ear
ought to have been, were two wings
extending outward about ten feet
thus giving the sallrian monster the
appearance Of an aeroplane skimming
over the sea. The steward, in fact
described it as a monop1ane sea ser.
pent.
Anyway, it was seen off the Gel.
tics starboard bow in the early morn
ing, and the early rising steward
who spotted it, instead of carrying
the news forward to the ridge, ran
to the rooms under his care and beg.
ged those within to- come on deck and
see it He says he caught Mr.. Hill.
lizard, who does not deny it, but ,begs
that it be not printed, because he dis.
likes notoriety.
The serpent, according to both, was
either pursuing a school of whales or
keeping company with the school II
keep from being lonesome. This last
theory is the stewards who said
moreover, that it turned pair o.
large mournful green eyes upon those
on the vessels deck in way tc
"touch your heart, SIR Then IL
passed on it's monoplanic way, dipping
up and down, just like that, but
otherwise holding it's head erect. Be-
hind it appeared at intervals a dark
green body moving through the wa
ter with a wiggly motion.
The report Of the steward, with its
accompanying corroboration by Mr.
Hilliard, moved the veteran, Samuel
A. Wood, dean of the ultramarines
to some enthusiasm. Sea serpent
stories, said Mr.. Wood, are rare al
this port nowadays, but in the ole
days the men on sailinlg vessels saw
many Of them.
Forty years ago. began Mr.
Wood, II wrote many of those stories
but. as steam has replaced sail an6
romance departed from the seas, the
sea serpents have evidently moved
away from the steamship tracks
cit is now, I think, ten years age
since the Great Tabasco serpent wa.
reported in the Bay Of Campeche BY
the truthful mate of a schooner. Thi:
one was dark brown, and made &
noise like a Gatling gun. 1t is about
the same length Of time ago since
the captain of steamship American
coming from Antwerp, reported ont
fifty feet long tint swan like an ee
It had green whiskers.
"a strange looking monster tel
fathoms long was reported by tht
skipper of the blue nose bark How
ard D. Copp. The most authentic
sea serpent sighting was made by tht
French liner Lorraine about three
years ago. Her skipper gave tht
latitude and longitude where thu
monster was sighted and the pursuel
wrote description Of for the Frencf
newspapers. This one was drab col
or, and appeared to be accompanied
by a water spout. AS the vessel ap
preached the spout was seen to be
mass of water thrown up by the ser
pent's fore fins.
Mr.. Wood recalled that this las
serpent was seen early in the morn
ing Searching his memory Still
further he remarked that from his ex
| perience, sea serpents had usual,
made their appearance early in th'
forming; in fact, usually the morning
after, in which respect they hat
something in common with the pinl
elephant.