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

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1904-08-27
Location: honolulu, hawaii, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the pacific commercial advertiser (honolulu, hawaiian islands) 1885-1921 · 1904-08-27 · page 06
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1904-08-27 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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... account of seeing the elusive sea serpent is en tirely unimpeachable. Some years have now elapsed since this sailor had the sea serpent experience, but he says he will never forget the impression that the sight of the dread monster made upon him. His story will remove all doubt from the minds of those who hesitate to believe such a thing as the sea serpent exists. When first seen it resembled a floating island. Suddenly the sup posed island became imbued with life, and then from the sea there arose the hideous head of the sea serpent. The huge fish then began to plunge. It was fully 100 feet long and at least 16 feet ...

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