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the st. mary banner (franklin, parish of st. mary, la.) 1889-1931 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1913-11-01
Location: franklin, louisiana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the st. mary banner (franklin, parish of st. mary, la.) 1889-1931 · 1913-11-01 · page 2
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1913-11-01 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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... not alter his opinion regarding sea serpents in general. The illustration in his book showing a sea serpent reared on his tall, Bqnlrting profuse gallons of wa ter out of his snout, was drawn and exaggefted by the bishop of Pontopid dan frfttn the sketch made by Bing, who hid forever immortalized a sea serpent beheld by Hans Egede. It is notable that Hans Egede was himself an evangelist, whose work as a mis sionary was taking him to the wilds of Greenland when the sea serpent ap peared* before him. Olafin Magnus, the archbishop of Up sala, Writes at length of a sea serpent, ascriHng to it a length of 200 feet and a ...

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