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the topeka state journal (topeka, kansas) 1892-1980 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1896-08-01
Location: topeka, kansas, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the topeka state journal (topeka, kansas) 1892-1980 · 1896-08-01 · page 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1896-08-01 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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bound, two sea serpents. Heretofore the East has monopolized the sea serpent industry, but in its bravest days It never ventured the claim of having seen two' sea serpents at the one time, let alone capturing them. In fact, heretofore the East contented Itself by thrilling reports from time to time by Its sea captains, of the magnitude of the sea serpents which had been sighted. Sometimes these sea ser pents were only sixty feet long, and again they reached the stupendous length of 600 feet. One cantain of an excursion barge one summer's day in 1 "public armed ship," he saw a sea serpent at sunrise one morning. He had a ...

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