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the pacific commercial advertiser (honolulu, hawaiian islands) 1885-1921 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1900-01-29
Location: honolulu, hawaii, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the pacific commercial advertiser (honolulu, hawaiian islands) 1885-1921 · 1900-01-29 · page 04
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1900-01-29 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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... the epidemic of plague. KOIIALVS SEA SERPENT. It Is the custom to ridicule the sea serpent because it is as unfamiliar as the .buffalo and the great auk and Is so rarely seen that most people call It a myth. Still there is as much evi- dence that the sea serpent exists as there Is that the great auk existed. Some years ago a book-writer collected the sworn testimony of people who had seen great sea snakes not a!l o"f them through a glass darkly and the findings were passed upon by eminent judges as conclusive by rules of law. Men whose word is good on every other subject cannot be passed lightly over when ...

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