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Show FIND WONDERFUL LOST LAKE Body of Water Discovered In Colorado Full of Big Trout Resembling Re-sembling Eels, Denver, Colo. A lost lako, novor be-foro be-foro frequented by whlto men a lake which contains natlvo trout which clqsely rosemblo eels haB been discovered dis-covered In a thick forest eight miles southeast of Trapper's lake, In Garflold county. Tho lake covers an area of nearly 11 acres and In It aro thousands ot the strange looking fish. Tho discoverers dubbed this body of wator "Skinny Fish" lako. Col. Jamea A. Shlnn, state gamo and fish commissioner, has dotalled a force of men to secure spawn at Skinny Klsh. "No ono know of tho existence ot this lako until last summor," says Col. Shlnn. "Tho mon wbo located It got out their fishing tackle. Tho lako was literally allvo with trout, somo of them 20 Inches long, but on account ot their great numhor they bad been unable to got enough food In tho lako, and they took on tho appearance of cols. "They aro hardy, howover, and thi spawn Is fortllo and strong. Skinny Fish lies In tbo depths of a big forest, for-est, and it seems that until last summer sum-mer no white man ever noticed that It was tbero. Tho fish, thereforo, never woro disturbed and tholr tribe Increased In-creased at a trcmondoua rate. Tb big fish eat the llttlo fish, so that now all tho trout In Skinny Fish aro big fellows, fel-lows, and each la watching tho othoi sharply bocauso, occasionally, when ono of tho big fellows Is not on the lookout, n bunch of his own kind will kill blm and devour him plocemeal." |
