Show STORY stony OF A SEA it knocked an oarsman out of hll boat mr mcnaughton as his name signifies is a scotsman and Is consequently itie scarcely likely to exaggerate he has been visiting CI Cl evedon in somerset and relates th the follo following ding story of a strange adventure says reynolds newspaper the incident was he be says witnessed by many ape spectators mr men mcnaughton aughton was vas quietly rowing in a aitla litla skiff about a mile oil off CI Cl evedon pier when nhen a largo large snaky object which he described as like a huge mummy with large sunken eyes enveloped in a sort of 0 hairy flap suddenly appeared at the rear of the boat about 20 yards away it approached by a series of leaps and dives causing the sea to be greatly disturbed mr jr mcnaughton says that by plunging the oars into the surf he endeavored to keep his antagonist at bay but hs his efforts were only mo momentarily mentur successful in a few seconds it had reached within a few yards of 0 the boat 1 I can only dimly recollect what what happened he continued the flab by monster seemed to leap straight out of the water straight as an arrow at me I 1 hardly know what I 1 did I 1 thick I 1 must have ducked and crashed the oar into the creature at any rate I 1 was flung violently into the water when I 1 regained the surface I 1 managed to clamber into the boat my terrible antagonist was nowhere in of sight it in a dazed condition scarcely knowing that I 1 did I 1 succeeded in reaching head |