| Show tta it a eilf sea turtle captain edward reeve has the contract to light the beacon on the breakwater near greenport Green port me every night on monday while pulling leisurely toward the breakwater he was attracted by a commotion in the water near him he rested on his oars and looked to see what it was he saw what looked like the hard shell back of a monster sea turtle A moment later he saw the head and eyes of the strange object aa alie head protruded above the surface the water was churned into foam by the flapping of what appeared to be long flippers the head of the marine animal was covered with protruding horns the monster came toward the boat and apparently meditated an attack when the captain hit at it with an oar it paid no attention to this assault but ran its head against the boat with a force that caused the skiff to keel over the captain weighs over pounds and managed to keep the boat right side up then the fight became fierce the tide was carrying the contestants toward the breakwater one after the other the oars were broken by the captain by striking on the hard back of the monster finally without anything to defend himself the captain managed to throw a noose over a projecting rock on the breakwater and so pulled himself ashore the monster continued its attacks on the boat and remained in the vicinity for some time after the boat had been drawn up out of the way when last seen the ferocious marine monster was churning the water into foam as it sped off toward gardinere gardiners Gar diners island the captain puts the monster down as a sea turtle but of enormous size boston herald |
