Victorian Sea Serpent (Portland, 1935)

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Portland Guardian 1935 (June 24)

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Portland Guardian (Vic. : 1876 - 1953), Monday 24 June 1935, page 2
tleman THE
LOCH
will

turn

up

next,

NESS
x

MONSTER.

Appearance In Saturday's

at

Portland.
appears

"Star"

the

startling
a grotesque a sea

announcement,
sketch serpent of

headed the found We but
"Star"

by

monster, its way

that

has Bay.

into hcard
give

Portland
of

have
will of

its
credit

appearance,

the

to
the

the
authenticity. says:

vouching
is what

for
that

Here

journal up

He's Who

turned ? the

again.

Why,
course.

old

sea

serpent,

of

Which

goes

to
sea

show serpent of

that

you

can't

keep
almost

a

good

down. Time
all corners

Since he

the popping
globe.

dawn up The
enough a good

has
of

been
the
stays us mean

in

trouble

is

he

never

long
have
thing.

in

one at

place

to let

look Now he

him-the honored

has

Portland
the year,

with

a

visit-a

bit late for last
serpent

Henty landing
but,
as

celebrations good sea

every

never. knows, better late than Any travel still has its hazards, how, sea
and one a can given never port is a sea at

be

sure

of given

reach-.

ing
even

any
serpent.

time,
that be this

if

one

A
while yond

report

from Portland
along

states

strolling

the' beach
one what of

Blacknose two
was

Point
lads
a saw school came

day
porpoises.

week

they they
to

thought When
were so

the

object

closer climbed

s~tartled

they
where were as it

the
a

higher
better

ground,
vi

they
also

had further

w,

and

because, away, did not if know
The
slaty

they
had

said,
legs."

"They
was a

body,
blue
with

it

color,
a neck

reported, from 80ft. to between

is

100ft.

long, 20ft. the
was

15ft.

and
head

long,

the
of a

head

being something
The the

shape

giraffe's.

high in the
fin and
of a and it. a

air,
wide

body

had

a

dorsal

tall,
with

something
serrations

like that
on

whale, slaty
with and and air tail

the

end, along

grey

and
object

white was

stripes

The

travelling
It
ena.

parallel

the
went neck

shore. out were

then The

turned head

to vis

ible high in the
out.
water

for

several

miles

As in
of

the

thumped along,

the
great one

travelling spray arose.
where

masses

Now,
the
old

can only
tleman

wonder

gen

will

turn

up

next,

National Library of Australia

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64289513

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