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a nd bed 8 whi t e edge . It had 8 very fierce look . From t he heed to the tai l it
\1 3 5 at the 1e3.5t calculation 300 feet long . I t \18 moving along the ve ter- t .he 5 S&'lIB
as a n eel. The he a d a nd ae ve r -eI par-t-e of the body vere c onstantly out of t he
vat.er- , I t was some spec de e of ee r pen t , It W83 certainly not a vhaLe , This thing
did not spout, a nd showed no f i ns on Bny part of its body exc epting on the t 1l11,
whic h va s formed like t ha t of an eaP .
Well authenticut ed f a ct s now prove that nature produce s monst.er-e as wonderful
an d s t.a r -t.Lang as the most vivi d dmagtnat done of the r-oeancer- can invent. Victor
Hugol e devil fish has it~ counter-per-t. 1n t he great cepbaI oped which ve e for a l ong
time on exhi bition in t he New York Aqua rium.
The r e
i s no doubt., 1n my mind , t.hat, t he monster lately seen off Sandy Hook by
the crew of the lif e 5avi~ station va l'! no ot her than a I ar-ge ce phalopod . The se
animals often attain en or mous d im ~n si on ~ i s a \lell estebI f ebed fact, but that this
one \.Ia5 "thre e hundr-ed feet Long" if! scar-ce I y probable .
One seen in 'the ne fg bbor -hood of Van Dfenen I s LAnd is de scr -Ibed a s resembl ing
-~ 8.~ cask , i t s lo~ arms having the 8p~earance-of snakes vrTg ~ ling·ilp on - t'hA -::;u r fi!Ce--- -
of the veter , This creat ure , l'iay s Kent, ....as probab l y ll. I ar-ge pouk pe or octopus .
~ _I n Doc e,~be rr: .:891., the cre'J"of. t hP. -_E'l-ench cot-ve t .te A'lcc t.on , .s nee zed in battl.e ""ith
-~. a C ~l::~ Y-, ~:~se :~~~10:;::: ::~~r:.~t:;- l O be~w nty feet- i: in~th~ · ~~d ·i~~ ··.2~
ve dgh t. 4, 000 pounds . It e sceped , l eavi ng a portion of its flabby bod y i n the
poe seasdon of the br ave eec.Lor s , vb o were only restrained frotll follo....i ng it in
sme Lf boa t.e by the officer i n co-aaa nd , CHptaln Boyer .
Oct.obe r- 26th. , 1~3, t wo .fi shemen noticed off Great BeH Le I an d , Con ce ption
Bay , Nevf'ound Len d , wha t t.he y supposed to be EI large ba l e of go ode , from some vreck,
I t ....s!' not un t.il t.hey ac tually at.ruck i t vit .h R boat hook t.hat, thf-lY :>AV the terriblo
s tar- f ng p.:le~ of an im~~nr~ poulpe r t\JO of i t ~ nua er -cua ArlD l'I ver-e t .hrovn a cros s the