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burlington weekly free press (burlington, vt.) 1866-1928 — lake monster

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1879-05-16
Location: burlington, vermont, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: burlington weekly free press (burlington, vt.) 1866-1928 · 1879-05-16 · page 4
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1879-05-16 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “lake monster”. 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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... collections with sufficient energy. A Lake Monster. THREE RErCTABLE CITIZENS CF ST. ALBANS DISCOVER WHAT APPEARS 10 lil A UUGS SERl'ENT. IS LAKE ciiamplain. The celebrated Lake Champlain sea-ser pent has again made its appearance. The St. Albans Mtssctgtr uays that on Friday afternoon Charles II. Harvey, L. M. Down ing and W. M Bowing, whila fiihing in a row boat we-t of St. Albans shore, beard a great agitation of the water at a distance, and on looking towards Butlers Island, some two miles away, tbey discovered that the water was lambed into a foam. A dead calm was prevaihcir, there being not so much as a ripple on the water anywhere else. At ...

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