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Show r PR D8 THE DAILY HKRAI.I), Piwo, Utah. Thursday, October 3, 19 " By JANET KERLIN Associated Press Writer the island. As long as there's a mystery, people seem w illing to plunk down NEW SHOREHAM. R.I. Some say it's a sturgeon. Some are Si 8 for the Block Ness Monster that have made their way calling the creature a shark. But others have nicknamed it the Block onto the shelves of island stores, next to the sunscreen and saltwater Ness Monster. Found in a fisherman's net, a taffy. The back of the shirt shows a snakelike creature wrapped around serpentine mysterious skeleton has taken on a life of its the island. Block Ness fever began (o take own on Block Island, 14 miles off in June, when two fishermen root the Rhode Islaid coast. First, people questioned what aboard the Mad Monk cast their nets for monkfish but pulled up the the skeleton was. Now they wonder where it's cartilage instead. They displayed the peculiar catch on the stone gone. "Bones that walk?" asked breakwater near the docks for the tourist Roseann Giorgio from Point Judith ferry. The spine stretched longer than Long Island. N.Y. two men and w as attached to a narNo. not really. The sea creature's skeleton has vanished at the row head with vacant eye sockets and weird whiskers. Lying in the hands of humans, and the commusun, it was enough to draw a on Block Island hasn't been nity, to the stream of curiosity-seeker- s the same since. "It's been stolen. Now what?" Old Harbor for two days. "Probably more people w alked asked Gale Buckius of Warw ick, there in two days than in the down has said she been following who whole century, just about," said the fish tale with interest. one of the No one professes to know what Chris Littlefield, d residents. island's 800 the denizen of the to happened from the ferry Disembarking deep or why it was taken. .'Its "kidnappers" have said they one of those days was New York were worried the creature would, state park biologist Lee Scott of be shipped off the island and never Nyack. "What the heck is this?" Scott returned. Others call that a fish storecalled saying. "I went back to ry, and say the kidnapping was stased to create an attraction for my car and got the camera." 14-fo- year-roun- Hi 1 declined to talk about the mystery, while the other fisherman, J.T. Pin-nespoke only of how the creaand disapture's appearance has affected islanders. pearance '"Some people take it far too seriously, with contempt, even," said Pinney, who made up the that are being sold at three shops. He also tacked up posters seeking information on the skele- - Scott took the skeleton to his island summer home and put it in his freezer to preserve it. He planned to ship it to the mainland for examination at the National t. Marine Fisheries Service in y, Narra-ganset- Gary Hall, the fisherman who pulled it up, was to slop by Scott's home to pick up the creature and put it on the ferry, Scott said. "It does look otherworldly. It does look like something from the deep past." Harold "Wes" Pratt, biologist - lliiii lb J - mmninmiris ' - I ;P&minIccw M9ic Chef' tB. H1 i -- FT. SIB! EI SIB! i j:.. pcnser, gallon rite AFTER REBATE! i Stereo surround sound with dynamic bass. 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Harold "Wes" Pratt, also a fisheries biologist, agreed, but said he understands why some people believe it's more mysterious. "It does look otherworldly. It does look like something from the deep past," he said. Limit one per family, while 200 per store last! ', M: ton's whereabouts. Like others on the island. Scott does not lock his doors. He went fishing for the day, and when he came back, the skeleton was gone. "Finally, the next day (Hall) called and said, "It's on the boat, " right?' Scott said. A short time later, Scott got a phone call from the "kidnappers." They said they live on the island and were concerned that if the skeleton left, it would never return. "They talked to me in a roundabout way." Scott said. "They talked to me about their position of keeping it on island. I agree." Aboard the Mad Monk. Hall Savings in every department, plus a special gift just for coming in! 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