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The Ne'" York Sunday " Sun" of November 30th . give s the follo",ing de ecrd .pt.Lcn
of the Sandy Hook Honaber-, a a related by eye ",itneR."!"ts, who ar-e all member-s
of a
Sand y Hook life sa v i ng crev s-,
Sa mue l Kittell ve e t he f i r st t o se e it. He says : 111 l ooke d out a nd RIl"" a
l a r ge hea d and porti ons of the bod y of 8 most terrible l ooking mons t e r . It vae
W i ggli ng 810\lly along like a snake , t he he ad and eever-e I port ions of the body
sh ovfng a bove ve ter-, It vee not 8 vba Le , as t .het-e \18 8 not mor e than twelve fe et
of ve t.e r wher-e i t ""3 8 , a nd a whale as Lar-ge as that would neces ear-Ll .y have been in
view all 'the time . But, thi s vouk d disappear a l t oget her a t intervals. The body
l ooked round an d much lar ger than a pork barrel. It wa s of a bla cld eh- br-cvn col or .
('.m sur-e it \l8S not ", vhale bu t ca nno t FoljY what i t W9.8. I t vas a at.r-enge r- t o a e'" ,
GC()J"ge Lohsen makes the f ollowing stetempnt : "I t.ook the g'Lasaee ann r an
~_ d O'm~_t~~ \later~~: and leveled t he els l'fEeS at the ncnebe r t e head , ThO) fron:,:tc-== = ",
of t oo he ed was sq uare , vt th Ii proj e ction a bou t, tva f eot l ong ex t l'; . l dir.~ fz-ora t he
top of the he a d . The eye ve e sev e n or eieht inches i~ diamete r , of 8 s hi ny black,
~~; tt ~d' jt.': "~PPf'J ~·~ ~d Lu·i~e d ::"~t c on ;i5~r!'ble ·-.- l her e "Looked "t o be A ··v~Ji - ·ri rl. .-" roJnc. -it .
Tl>e Ani ma l ' ~ Length va s at l ea st 300 fee t, fr o r~ t he hea d t o t.be tail , as seen by u e ,
not ma'ldne a l lowance for the cr-ook s in t he body'" ,
Henry Foster , a not her- of the cr-ew, !'lays : "I got up a nd Look ed ou t , en d S8W
the de vdLfebe ut. l ooting fi sh I ever put eyes on . I t "'8 S movi ng a l ong about a s fast
8 5 e ma n could va'lk, I t ook a pair of at z-ong gkaasee e nd followed it Rlone too
bea ch; It ve s not more thRn 300 yar-ds f rom t.he abcre , With the glR ~ Re r: the heed
Looked 60S lAre R as a ho gahead ,
The fr-ont . of th"!' hee d Looked squar-e an d was about.
t.hr -ee fe At hleh, with a pr-ojec t don bvo f e e t l ong ext. e ndlnr; fro:1l t he t op of its bee d ,
Th A, qya t.m/tt.r rJ.!'I t.he shore ve s e e l a r ge a5 the top of my hal, vas shiny black, a nd
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