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orleans county monitor (barton, vt.) 1872-1953 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1873-02-03
Location: barton, vermont, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: orleans county monitor (barton, vt.) 1872-1953 · 1873-02-03 · page 1
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1873-02-03 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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... mankind to faith in the sea serpent One is the preposterous notion that serpents the real ophidians can not live in water, that they are exclu sively land reptiles. But it should be known that true poisonous serpents exist in any quantity in the Indian and Pacific oceans. It is dangerous to bathe in waters that they frequent. There is not much of a logi cal leap in reasoning from a little ser pent, four or five feet long. As there are monster fishes, why not monster snakes? The whale, being a warm blooded mammal, is obliged to rise to the surface for air. It is seen when it blows. But for this necessity of ...

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