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the barre daily times (barre, vt.) 1897-1959 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1907-12-28
Location: barre, vermont, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the barre daily times (barre, vt.) 1897-1959 · 1907-12-28 · page 7
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1907-12-28 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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... big as some of the sea serpent one rends about, make things rsther dangerous for tho sea serpent hunter?" "I've thought that out," said Ollson, "and I'm not proposing to tako any unnecessary risks. I'd want to give a pretty wide berth to a big sea serpent in a deatn nurry or ngnung nmu. no x pro pose that the steamship should tow a huoy some considerable distance astern end to that buoy would be attacher tho line that stretched to the Iwttom the bomb and the rest of the business. Then when it was found that the sea serpent hadi been hooked; and wa cutting up too lively the steamer could, if necessary, cut ...

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