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bill barlow's budget and converse county review (douglas, converse county, wyo.) 1914-1914 — sea serpent

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1915-04-15
Location: douglas, wyoming, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: bill barlow's budget and converse county review (douglas, converse county, wyo.) 1914-1914 · 1915-04-15 · page 6
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1915-04-15 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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Smithsonian Hears of More Great Sea Serpents WASHINGTON.—OfficiaIs of the Smithsonian institution consider the re- W ceipt ot sea serpent stories merely a part of the day's work and refuse to be In the least excited by telegrams or letters telling of the discovery of the marine monster. Two such re ports came to them recently, how erer tbat vere somewha t One told ot the finding of the re mEBbSBR tinins of a serpent at Indian Rocks, on the west coast of Florida not Ur from St. Petersburg. The creature wa described as-fully 40 feet long, with a huge head, and If it was not a veritable sea serpent, the oldest ■^r 'p cTV ...

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