The Raymer enterprise., 1920-07-29

VN uihoshur IL nfty-fo0t lizard thAl
dates back TO the Age Of Reptiles"
which ante,iates man this earth by anywhere
frs 30 TO 600 millions Of years. he scientists are
naturally saying with the country boy at the cir
Gus Al sight Of his first hppopOtawus Gosh, there
Amt no sIeh anlnIle !"
StIIl there such nm animal once And
people are saying they have seen such nm animal
nov. Hence Captain Stevens expedition to
Africa.
The earlier reports have been corroborated by
I'VE belgian big-game hunters who report sighting
huge beast OF terrifying proportions md Mt
fr'innes. Mr Gapelle. one Of the Belgans says
his party caught glimpse OF huge beast rendng
his way through the jungle verdure which ,Iefed
zooi"gical analogy. lie says II was In the general
sl'npe OF a lizard. probably fifty feet long with
thick tall like knngaroos hump on its back
and terrifying horn on It's snout. The monster
was covered with scales. which were colored with
great blood-red spots from which radinted pale
green stripes
A well known English naturalist aud collector
has written to the press that there is every
10 believe there is such an animal living in the
heart of the uneypored Iunglcs, II not great mum
bers Of them During his stay in Afrien he heard
the story from so many different sources. he says.
that he Is convinced there is some truth In H..
Fifteen years ago. when collecting In the
TraDsyaal. heard nm interesting story Of mon
ster. half snake half benst Nv informant Of the
Rhodeslan police. who patrolled near Barotselnnd.
said he had approached within hundred yards
OF II while II was lying asleep on the border Of
swamp II was he declared hundred feet long
and IT'S srnnge appearance so frightened him that
II awakened and glded into the swamp before he
could raise his gun. II Travelled noseessly md
with great speed
nh uuIt
piorcd Ny friend told me that | was the first
to whom he had mentioned the story as he was
rfrnd 10 tell his comrades because they wond
have laughed at hn.
Once again when was on the French Kongo
senhonrd heard fearful stories from the native
hun'ers Of the monster. | also heard the same
stories on the way to the Belgian Kongo where
the present so-called brontosaurus is supposed 10
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 II
you travel TO Fernan Faz and Settle Cana and 20
up into the interior most Of the country has neyer
been explored What creatures live In Its vast
mysteries we do not know. Whether the so-called
brontosaurus is prehistoric survival or not
would not care to say. ] firmly believe the crea.
ture exists hat believe II Is nm unknown creature
OF more modern descent
"rhe hrontosaurus, or whatever the strange
creature ls, makes OF Its legs nnd Its body
II gldes. | should imagine II Is a very dangerous
creature. But that II Is not all fairy-ne | am
certain. have been there. and | have talked with
natives who will not pass n certain boundary into
An 'evil land because Of the huge monsters which
live In Its remote soItudes"
Walter Wnnns. nm American living In Lon.
don. the pistol champion and n blg-game hunter.
also believes In the existence OF this creature
'rhe late Carl iagenbeck told me before the
war" Mr. Wlnans sald, ''that two Of his travellers
on different expeditions and In different years
hnd the bronosaurus 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 gmpses of what thev
dunk must he such animals they are most prob-
ably right II Is not as II some one NOT use, n
recognizing them instantly saw Wild animals for
the first time. These men ARE always on tho
lookout for new species and know nll the animals
by sight.
"it Is possible that the sea serpent Is one NJ
these soealed extinct reptiles and thar ,he dodn
may stlll exist somewhere not yet explored Tha
Quagga. too which existed until n few ve,rs .r.
may still live In some unexplored part ~ a,r,c.
and the mammoth and the cave bear stilI wanaar
In Siberia"
Mr.. Wlnans went further to satisfy the E,.
ush Pupie anu urew 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:
The scientists draw this beast standing m n.
lsgs. as mammal would Now no mammalian
Ammai mas 'he combined heavy tall and long neck
this animal has. kangaroo has the heavy IN
but Il II built very light in front with only sho..
r1dimentary legs. II uses Its tall as ,bIrd ~.
n combination with its two hind legs and worss
eu . tripod 30 formed. The giraffe has n Ion.
nsck. but II Is built light behind and lis mi, i.
= light that II practically has no weight IN com.
barlson. The giraffe carries its head bIrb 90
q not to put a leverage on 1t.
Nov the bfontosaurus Is heavy both in ,hs
taI and Tie nsck which. besides. are both very
long n Il stood . the scientists draw IT, the tail
- ssck would ovsrtslancs It and slight pun