Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1920-07-30


NSxWrAb since 1903. 1t is supposed to be some
AAlz[M sort of a dnosaur Inasmuch as the
INV dnosaur is fiftyfoot lizard that
dates back to the "Age Of Reptiles"
which antedates this earth by anywhere
from 60 to 600 millions of years. The scientists are
naturally saying, with the country boy at the cir
Gus at sight of his first hppopotamus, "Gosh, there
amt no SIGH animie!"
Still there such an animal once. And
people are saying they have seen such an animal
now Hence Captain Stevens expedition to
Africa
The earlier reports have been corroborated by
two Belgian big-game hunters who report sighting
a huge beast of terrifying proportions and at
tributes. Mr.. Gapelle, of the Belgians, says
his party caught glimpse Of huge beast rending
his way through the jungle verdure which defed
geological analogy. He says it was in the general
shape of a lizard, probably fifty feet long, with
a thick tail like kangaroo's hump on its back,
and terrifying horn on its snout. The monster
covered with scales, which cOlOred with
great blood-red spots from which radiated pale
green stripes.
well-known English naturalist and collector
has written the press that there is every reason
to believe there is such an animal living in the
heart of the UNEMPLOYED jungles, if not great num-
bers of them During his stay in Africa he heard
the story from so many different sources, he says
that he is convinced there is some truth in it.
Fifteen years ago, when collecting In the
ster, half snake half beast. Ny informant, Of the
Rhodesian police who patrolled near Barotseland,
said he had approached within a hundred yards
of it while it was lying asleep on the border OF
swamp. 1t was he declared, hundred feet long,
and its strange appearance so frightened him that
it awakened and gided into the swamp before ne
could raise his gun 1t travelled noiseIessly and
with great speed.
"The country round about was quite unex-
plored My friend told me that / was the first
to whom he had mentioned the story, he was
afraid to tell his comrades because they would
have laughed at him.
"Once again when was on the French Kongo
seaboard l heard fearful stories from the native
hunters Of the monster. I also heard the same
stories on the way to the Belgian Kongo, where
the present so-caed brOntosaurus is supposed to
have been seen. When you hear stories from three
or four widely different sources believe there is
some truth in them. You must remember that If
you travel 90 Fernan Faz and Settle Cana and go
up into the interior most of the country has never
been explored. What creatures live in it's vast
mysteries do not know. Whether the so-called
brontosaurus is a prehistoric survival or not /
would not care to say. firmly believe the crea-
$ure exists, but believe it is unknown creature
of more modern descent.
THE brontOsaurus, whatever the strange
creature is, makes of it's legs and its body
it glides I should imagine it is very dangerous
creature But that it is not all a fairy-tale am
natives who will not pass certain boundary into
an EVIL land because of the huge monsters which
live in its remote solitudes.'
Walter Winans, an American living in Lon
don, the pistol champion and big-game hunter,
also beliey es in the existence of this creature
"The late Carl Hagenbeck told me before the
war" Mr.. Winans said, "that two of his travellers,
on different expeditions and in different years,
had seen the brontosaurus In swamps in central
Africa. do not think it is impossible that some
of the prehistoric animals have survived and when
several explorers have seen glimpses of what they
think must be such animals they are most prob
ably right 1t is not as If some one not used to
recognizing them instantly saw wild animals for
the first time. These are always on the
lookout for new species and know all the animals
by sight.
"It is possible that the sea-serpent is one of
these so-caIled extinct reptiles and that the dodo
may still exist somewhere not yet explored The
auagga too which existed until a few years ago
may still live in some unexplored part of Africa
and the mammoth and the cave bear still wander
in Siberia"
Mr.. Winans went further to satisfy the Eng
fish public and drew outline of what this ami
NAL probably looks like With that picture which
appeared in the Evening News he appended this
bit of descriptive argument:
1.-THE scientists draw this beast standing on its
legs as a mammal would. Now no mammalian
animal has the combined heavy tail and long neck
this animal has. kangaroo has the heavy tati
but 1t is built very light in front, with only short
rudimentary legs. 1t uses it's tail as third leg
in combination with its two hind legs and works
on a tripod so formed. The giraffe has a long
neck but it is built light behind and its tail ia
so light that it practically has no weight In COM
parison. The giraffe carries it's head high so
as not to put leverage on it.
"Now the brontosaurus is heavy both in the
tail and the neck which, besides, are both very
long If it stood as the scientists draw it, the tail
end neck would oYerbalance it and SLIGHT puff