The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1920-12-10

ASll<m sort of dnosaur Inasmuch as the
INV dinosaur Is fifty-foot lizard that
dates back to the age Of Reptiles"
which antedates man on this earth by anywhere
from GO 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 animilew
Still there was such animal once. And
people are saying they have seen such an animal
now. Hence Captain Stevens expedition to
Africa.
The earlier reports have been coroborated by
two Belgian biggame hunters who report sighting
huge beast of terrifying proportions and at
tributes Mr.. Gapee, one Of the Belg,ans, says
his party caught glimpse of huge beast rending
his way through the jungle verdure. which defed
geological analogy. He says 1t was in the general
shape Of lizard, probably fifty feet long, with
a thick tail like a kangaroos, hump on its back,
and terrifying horn on its snout The monster
was covered with scales, which were coored with
great blood-red spots from which radiated pale
green stripes
A wellknown English naturalist and collector.
has written the press that there is every reason
10 believe there is such an animal living In the
heart of the unexpored jungles, II not great num-
bers Of them. During his stay in Africa he heard
the story from many different sources, he says,
that he is convinced there is some truth I'm It,
"Fifteen years ago. when collecting In the
Transvaal, / heard an interesting story Of a mon
ster, half snake half beast My informant, of the
Rhodesian police who patrolled near Barotselanu,
said he had approached within hundred yards
of 1t while 1t was lying asleep on the border of
swamp 1t was, he declared. hundred feet long.
and fits strange appearance SO frightened him that
awakened and glided into the swamp before he
could raise his gun. 1t Travelled noiselessly and
with great speed.
1.-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.
"()nce again when was on the French Kongo
seaboard heard fearful stories from the native
hunters of the monster. ! also heard the same
stories the way to the Belgian Kongo, where
the present so-called brontosaurus is supposed to
have been seen. When you hear stories from three
or four widely different sources believe there IL
some truth in them You must remember that II
you travel to Fernan Faz and Settle Cana and 60
up into the interior. most of the country has
been explored. What creatures live In Its vast
mysteries we do not know. Whether the so-called
brontosaurus is a prehistoric survival or not I
would not care TO say. firmly believe the crea-
ture exists but believe It Is an unknown creature
Of more modern descent.
"The brontosaurus, whatever the strange
creature Is, makes use Of its legs and its body
It glides. should imagine 1t is a very dangerous
creature. But that It Is not all a fairy tale am
certain. have been there, and have talked with
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 a big-game hunter,
also believes in the existence of this creature
"The late Carl Hageibeck told me before the
war;" Mr.. Winans said, shat two of his travellers
on different expeditions and In different years
had seen the brontosaurus in swamps in central
Africa. do not think II is impossible that some
of the prehistoric animals have survived and when
several explorers have seen glimpses Of what they
lie Nl,nx,
ably right. II Is not rs IL 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 nll the animals
by sight.
'It is possible that the seaserpent is one of
these so-cnlled extinct reptiles. and that the odo
may still exist somewhere not yet explored The
auagga too, which existed until few years ago
may still live In some UNEMPLOYED part of Africa
md the mammoth and the cave bear still wander
In Siberia"
Mr. winans went further to satisfy the Epp
lish public and drew an 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:
"Thc scientists draw this beast standing On n.
legs as n mammal would Now no mammalian
animal has the combined heavy tan and long mech
this animal has kangaroo has the heavy tau
but II is built very light In 'front.' with only short
rudimentary legs II Its tail ms third leg.
In combination with its two hind legs and works
on n tripod so formed. The giraffe has a long
neck but II Is built light behind. and its tall IA
90 light that It practically has no weight In COM
parison The giraffe carries its head high 30
a. not to put leverage ON It.
sNow the brontosaurus IL heavy both in the
tail and the neck, which, besides. are both very
long II II stood as the scientists draw r. the tail
and neck would overbalancs II and digit pun