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Show A strange denizen of the ocean, that appeared like a nightmarish caricature" f a skate, is the fish received this afternoon af-ternoon by the Wood Grocer nd Produce Pro-duce company. v . The employees of the company, who have handled' fish of all-varieties for years, assert that they never before saw anything like this. The monster, for It Is weird and grotesque gro-tesque enough to-properly be termed so, is in most parts of Us body not much thicker than a man's hand. It's body is nearly three feet long, the sides being be-ing extendedinto long flippers, making its full width more than four feet. The body terminates In a tall two feet long that resembles, aside from the absence of hair, the caudal appendage of a cow. Over the head and extending , forward six or eight Inches beyond the mouth is a thin, stiff flap of flesh. The mouth is almost round, and shows rudimentary teeth. j The upper back portion of the body is shaped like the hind . quarters of a fat . . horse. The fish weighs sixty-five pounds. The company expects to receive the Invoice and a description of the strange creature tonight. It was shipped by the San Juan Packing company of Seattle, Se-attle, hence is thought to have been captured on the Northwest coast. |