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the citizen (american fork, utah) 1903-1912 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1906-08-11
Location: american fork, utah, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the citizen (american fork, utah) 1903-1912 · 1906-08-11 · page 5
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1906-08-11 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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... their own expeilenco, that tho sea serpent Is a creature va,lnly Imagined, a figment of tho brnln, n tiling born of nftor dinner orgies; It may oven have a scinblnnco of reality, but whon nnalyzcd It proves to bo nothing moro than a school of porpoises playing at "follow-my-loniler." a gigantic cuttle flshvnlnly waving Its long nrms In nn endeavor to escnpo the grip of somo hungry whalo' On occnslotiB, Indeed, tho sea serpent has turned out to bo I nothing moro Interesting than a Moat ing spar decorated with a tauglo of soa-weedl A vast amount hns boon written about Uio sca-sorpont, but of all tho than there appiared it huge eel-ltko neck, some ...

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