| Show j GREAT HORNED MONSIE WITH LIZARDS BODY LEAPS LIKE A GIANT KANGAROO 1 j F HUNTSVILLE LE Utah Uta April 30 Farmers living wear u this ls city are telli tellIng telling tell tell- i ing strange tales of a horrible monster mon mon- it 44 ster the like of which they have never neverseen seen before which thich Is making almost f nightly I visits its to their barnyards and carrying off oTt sheep calves and pigs f The f wJ have ave caught a glimpse p PC Pt tho thoan the an qi 1 In hi the nl night ht tim time hav hava havil i Confessed es so so badly frightened fright fright- 5 I sued ened that h tj t they Jiey e are unable to give an anI I t r count count- of ot what they wit- wit n ll I stories agree however hoever Sr II in t particulars The IDon- IDon non non- r rf t lon twenty ri twenty to thirty feet teet In inri I I r-i- r i 1 both a Q serpent and ad 7 fl 11 Jj ard d tn ii In body with an exI exely ex- ex I ely large larg head d by some said caid to be le beMO MO cd like that of a tiger by b others b broad be-broad and brond an and l flat like that that that-of of I a d hip hip- I Two horns rise isa f om the q Iop p of ot o tI the skull to a height leight o of 01 about 7 two WO and ant one half feet feat and then curve and downward I s- s l The animal strikes Its Us prey with Its jt J horns before carrying It away One Ope 1 man hian ian who watched f It tt carry oft or a large a-large I large rge sheep says roys that it spread Its wings and rising Ising In inthe the air to a height of ot fifteen or twenty feet skimmed rapidly over o sheds and fences tees and nd disappeared di 1 In the darkness He Me may he be mistaken in this how- how It Raids Barnyards Near Huntsville and When Fired Upon by Farmers Shoots Through the theAir Air an and d Is Off ever as as others declare that that the serpent op or whatever I or lt inay be poss possesses pos post s a wonderful leaping power newer and when then hen I it t do does doe's s not glide gUde ov over ovil j- j the th-e ground I travels by making rapid jumps jumP each Impulso impulse carrying it forward twice or three e times its own length Along the monsters monster's back are e sharp spines spines- pin a r nging fr from m six she to eighteen Inches i in length and its entire body appears to be be- covered with a d bony art art- mor mol in the the- form of scales On Oil Thur Thursday day night a farmer rom whose yard the wa wag ing with a couple of young calves calves three shots shots from from his his' Winchester l' l at a distance of ot thirty or forty y but without perceptible effect Swims Like a Fish A resident resident-of of Huntsville who who was returning re reI re- re turning home late ii In the e evening I while willIe crossing the Weber rive rive- saw sav the animal swimming rapidly up I the stream diving quickly now and then as nS Jf If In pursuit of ot fish There Is talk taIk of ot organizing a hunting party to capture capture capture cap cap- ture the monster Numerous theories have been advanced advanced ad advanced ad- ad to account for the presence of this thit strange visitor but none of t them themIs em emIs Is without objection It Is said by some that It i la lo a a. genuine serpent sea that reached the waters of Great Salt lake while It was wag yet jet connected com with the Pa Pacific ocean O h Others rs are re of ot the opinion that It Is a descendant of the huge flying serpent that existed x ted an anthe anthe the earth long before etor the advent Q of Qt man and ch Jn n manner manner escaped destruction Here 1 Is Another Theory An Incident rit is recalled by a few rest rest- dents of the n neighborhood that th seems s I Ito to give color to the latter theory Late last fall while prospectors were blastIng last blast lastIng Ing In the mountains east of La Plata they op opened nea up a large cave out of poured such uch a a of hf ting t- t ing g gases gases' that they were t to explore explore ex ex- lore the h It is believed by some that this animal may rpy have ha lain there for years jears in a lethargic state as reptiles are often otten known to do and bythe by bythe bythe the In of the pure cold air have haYe been aroused from its stupor But wherever the beast may have come from and nd whatever may b be its proper title all who have sustained sev severe re losses from their farmyards are agreed reed that its appearance is terrifyIng terrifying terrify terrify- I ing Its appetite Insatiable and its visIts vis- vis Its sudden and unheralded I |
