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springfield weekly republican (springfield, mass.) 1851-1946 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1886-09-10
Location: springfield, massachusetts, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: springfield weekly republican (springfield, mass.) 1851-1946 · 1886-09-10 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1886-09-10 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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... some time to come. THE SEA SERPENT. An apparent organism swimming in a sea of doubt,—is possibly the best way to express the present status of the sea serpent in the minds of the public. Something happens on the sur face of the deep every little w’hile which no sailor can comprehend, and which every sailor is content to call a sea serpent. To the sus picious eye of science the stories of a marine monster taking a summer trip into these lati tudes appear as fables, and yet scientists hesi tate to denounce the theory as absurd. The sea serpent as he is described by a multitude of witnesses “possesses close affinities with the ...

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