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griggs courier (cooperstown, griggs co., dak. [n.d.]) 1885-1902 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1899-02-02
Location: cooperstown, north dakota, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: griggs courier (cooperstown, griggs co., dak. [n.d.]) 1885-1902 · 1899-02-02 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1899-02-02 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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THOUGHT 17 A SEA SERPENT. Hew Yorlc Fishermen Capture a. Dead Snake and Tell TbrlU Tale. James O'Connor and Edward Delaney caught a sea serpent in the East river, New York, the other day. They were bluefishing in a rowboat off Randall's island. According to their story, the sea serpent, with his mouth open, was cruising along. He looked big enough to swallow the boat. When he saw there was to be a fight he seemed greatly ir ritated, and, uttering a number of 6hort, blunt growls, made for the devoted boatmen. As the sea serpent opened his entire face to take the outfit down O'Connor banged his oar on the head of ...

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