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the hawaiian star (honolulu [oahu]) 1893-1912 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1911-11-04
Location: honolulu, hawaii, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the hawaiian star (honolulu [oahu]) 1893-1912 · 1911-11-04 · page 17
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1911-11-04 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “sea serpent”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... re sort had its visiting sea serpent. But like many good things, tho sea serpent yarn became worn out. No longer did the press agents pounce upon It with avidity and try to get it by the editorial Incredulity. A per son who seriously' says he saw a strange sea monster nowadays would bo regarded "with pity. He would be considered elthor a harmless Idiot or a relic of the past. Yet there is hardly a shipmaster who comes to a big port who at some stage of ills- career has not seen what lie at first believed to be a strange serpent of the sea. Sailors of the old days firmly believed that such ...

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