Show I Lo the Noble Horse The year 1947 ended with a new se sea serpent story which you un- un undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly read about I mention it because I myself saw a strange and terrifying beast as I walked to work one ne late December morning and I believe the two tales worthy of repe repe- repetition As to the sea serpent The Asso Asso- Associated Associated dated Press carried a signed story by the master of the steamship Santa Clara J. J J Fordan in which he described the monster sighted in the Atlantic miles due east of Cape lookout He named the first and third mates and the navigation officer officer officer as witnesses According to their testimony the monsters monster's snake-like snake head was about two and one half feet long there was about 35 feet of cylindrical body some three feet in diameter visible The water about the beast was stained red and the animal was thrashing around in apparent agony causing the skipper to believe that the ship had cut it in two The beasts beast's skin was brown slick and smooth there were no ances lances fins or hair on the head neck or visible parts of the body j I That's the skippers skipper's story Mine Is s equally terrifying I actually saw In the early morn- morn mornIng mornIng Ing lag moving down New Hamp Hamp- Hampshire Hampshire Hampshire shire avenue a huge creature whose body like the skippers skipper's sea serpent was without fins or protuberances but unlike it was covered with hair The head Was more than two feet long the shaped barrel-shaped body was sup sup- supported ported on four long legs which made wade the creature higher when It threw up its head much i higher than Ulan a man Its feet were not large compared to the great powerful body and they terminated in a great claw or orn nail like n substance which would would give the creature terrible weapons of f offense or defense The teeth were large and blunt and the mouth t though ough not large large plainly could in in- inflict inflict damaging wounds I Human beings looked puny beside this us creature which appeared as out outplace of Place on a Washington city street as BS a hippopotamus or an elephant Strangely enough it did not cause lany any great commotion except among the ithe younger people who stared stared in Wonder Bonder obviously never having Seen een anything like it except in pic plc- picture Lure ture books books' It did pose considerable Problems for motorized traffic I Horns honked drivers jittered back seat back seat orders thundered Finally the monster turned off the I street and went up an alley That was a great relief to me I knew What it was I had even ridden one when hen I was in the artillery and later but it was a shock to see a ar teal eal r allive live in a acty alty city street r kt t r |