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Show STJANGE SEAANIMAL , SEEN IN LAKE t St Frank Qrostelt nnd others have been dragging the lake and hunting the sloughs tho latter part ot this week forVhat Is supposed to bis 'a strug MJ,nmmal ot somo sort. This ant-nal ant-nal i has been soon by several people tforjngtho last two oi threo months. AcrdInK to those who claim they haw soon th6 animal, It is about fonr tm lohg and Is black In -color. Its hegd, shaped similar to that ot n seal, Isijbovo tho water when tho animal Uaiswlmmlng. It swims very fast oud wohld take a fast rower to keep upjwlth It, Mr. Qrastclt states, nltho a motor boat goes too fast to bo useful use-ful In tho chase. The nnlmal was seen In tho lnko nefcr Oosh'en nnd Moslda shores. Mr. Oftstelt stntcs ho ban seen tho nnl-mil nnl-mil twleo nnd that ho thinks ho can locate It. It ho In successful In catching It clthor dead or nllve ho Iriends to hnvo It on exhibition hero Jtily 4th. VTlicy nro trying to catch It nllvo by tiilnp notB, but nhould this method Mil, thoy will nttempt to kill It and bring It In dead. Tt Is not thought that tho nulmnl is dangerous. 'Many people nro of tho opinion thnt If Is n flxh otter or n Jnrgc mud carp, similar to tho spocles to bo found In BVar Lake. Tho nnlmal- appears to Wake Its hoinu in the slough's iW. W, noblnsnn, ono Of our oldest ;ldents, says that about 40 years sfco an nnlmal' answering to tho description des-cription of tho ono above wus noon by itany people but never caught. Ho tt of the opinion that tho nnlmal lives partly in tho nearby mountains Aid partly In the lake". UAi.we go to press Frlday no truce wrfhe strange n'nfinnl has leen 'found. |