Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, Chicago, Illinois on Wednesday, June 3, 1857
Sea snakes, Among other visions, the Republic has a glimpse of its old favorite, the Silver Lake Snake, which has appeared in the River St. Lawrence, in a degree commensurate with the magnitude of his new quarters. It is said the he has shown 300 feet of its length, and that is sufficient to prevent […]
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Monday, May 30, 1853
On Friday last several of our citizens had a full view of a monster in our river answering the description of the Sea Serpent. They say it was from sixteen to eighteen feet long, with a very large head resembling the alligator. The circumference of its body near its head was about twenty-five or twenty-six […]
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 18, 1855
Stories about sea serpents, both of fresh and salt water, are remarkably plentiful the present season. We are afraid they are more plentiful than the serpents themselves. The Californians are determined that the waters of the Pacific shall be honored with the visits of their majesties as well as those of the Atlantic; and the […]
Saturday, October 19, 2013
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, March 29, 1850
Our Savannah and Charleston exchanges furnish detailed accounts of his snakeship, as seen in Broad river, near Beaufort. The steamer ran within thirty feet of it when it sunk. It was described as being from 125 to 150 feet in length, and portions above the water appeared to be from eight to ten feet across. […]
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Published in the Illinois State Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Friday, March 5, 1852
The captain of the whale-ship Monongahela, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, has addressed the New York Tribune a long and circumstantial account of the discovery and capture, in the Pacific ocean, of a huge marine monster, having the form of a serpent, with spout holes like a whale, and swimming paws. Its immense size rendered it […]
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 3, 1833
From The Boston Sentinel. A party of 80 or 100 ladies and gentlemen embarked yesterday morning on the steamer Connecticut, for the purpose of taking an excursion in the lower harbor, with the expectation of getting a view of his Serpentine Majesty. About 12 o’clock, when the steamboat was half way between Nahant and the […]
Monday, December 31, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Saturday, September 1, 1832
His most huge and mysterious fishship, the sea serpent, is rather late in his visit this year, and many people began to suspect he had deserted our shores altogether; but we have the assurance of four persons who were off the coast in a boat on the 27th ult. that they distinctly saw the celebrated […]
Monday, December 31, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal-, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, August 17, 1833
The earliest account of a animal of this general description is furnished by Pantoppidan, Bishop of Bergen in Norway, and author of an old Natural History, in the first editions of which is a picture of the serpent. This gives him a mane-an appearance doubtless caused by his rapid motion through the water. He says, […]
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Wednesday, November 29, 1848
We copied a paragraph from the London Globe, last week, alleging the appearance of a huge sea serpent to persons on board the British frigate Dedalus. The following official announcement of the fact is copied from a state paper brought by the Hibernia. Her Majesty’s Ship Dedalus, Mamoaze, Oct. 11. Sir-In reply to your letter […]
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Published in the Sangamo Journal, Springfield,Illinois on Saturday, October 26, 1833
A boat belonging to Mr. Catt, brought on shore at Seaford, a few days ago, a fish of an extraordinary kind. Its fins resembled the arm and hands [with finger nails] of a human being, and it had two protuberances or sort of pockets on each breast, which were filled with small fish. When taken […]