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morning journal and courier (new haven [conn.]) 1848-1894 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1886-09-20
Location: new haven, connecticut, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: morning journal and courier (new haven [conn.]) 1848-1894 · 1886-09-20 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

A 1886-09-20 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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... Cape Ann. The so called sea serpent is not a myth. What, However, as a matter or tact is tne animal which bears in popular phraseology this alliterative name? We may boldly as sert that it is not a serpent. All observers agree that it undulates vertically like a cat erpillar. But anyone who takes the trouble to examine the structure of the vertebrae of serpents will see at once that they are capable of no other undulatory movement than a lateral one. mere are plenty or sea serpents, but none over five feet in length, and all have their tails flattened sideways so that they move through the water like eels. We have then, ...

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