Victorian Sea Serpent (Portland, 1935)
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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,
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