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morning appeal (carson city, nev.) 1877-1906 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1880-08-19
Location: carson city, nevada, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: morning appeal (carson city, nev.) 1877-1906 · 1880-08-19 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1880-08-19 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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... line about a Lake Bigler sea serpent. THE SERPENT TURNS UP. Yesterday the Appeal man had fully de termined to yield to the clamor of ita sub scribers in that quarter and establish the sea serpent on a permanent basis, when the news came down that a real serpent had been seen there and no mistake. Immediately the Ar peal man sprang into one of Doc. Benton's mountain climbing teams and started for the scene of the excitement. MEETS CAPTAIN PRAY. The first man he met was C iptain Pray, who owns the entire town of Glenbrook "Captain, I've come up to learn all about the Like Bigler sea serpent." "Don't know of any such ...

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