Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-29 | Page 3 | Fisherman Nets Two Sea Serpents in 20 Years, but-You Guessed it-Both Got Away

Fisherman Nets Two Sea Serpents in 20 Years But You But You Guessed It Both It-Both Both Got Away SEASIDE PARK N. N J. J Aug 29 The UP-The UP The woes of fishermen's fishermens fishermens fishermen's fishermens fishermen's fisher fisher- mens men's bad luck beset Lewis Pedersen Pedersen Pedersen Pe- Pe dersen today He caught a sea serpent serpent and and it got away Pedersen 65 is a fisherman of Norwegian extraction He and anda a companion in a small boat he said found the serpent dead entangled entangled entangled en en- tangled in his flounder lines a amile mile off shore It was 30 feet long and two feet in diameter and had like brush-like points projecting projecting projecting pro pro- from its head and flappers flappers flap flap- pers at two-inch two intervals al along ng its body Pedersen's partner started to drag the carcass aboard and lost his hold It drifted away Pedersen knew it was a sea serpent because 20 years ago he was a member of a boat crew that caught a live serpent 52 feet long It got away too