Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1906 — MEN OF SCIENCE SEE SEA SERPENT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MEN OF SCIENCE SEE SEA SERPENT.

The sea monster pictured here was sighted by I<ord Crawford’s yacht, tbe Valhalla, In latitude 77 deg. 4m. 45., and longitude 34 deg. 20m. It projected some eighteen to twenty-one inches from the water. It had a large fin or frill, dark seaweed brown in color, and somewhat crinkled at tbe edge. The bead was something like a turtle’s. It was first sighted In 300 fathoms of water. The Valhalla is given in the picture to show tbe distance at which the monster was sighted. Tbe drawing of tbe serpent Is by Mr. M. J. Nlcoll, naturalist to Lord Crawford’s expedition, who saw the creature from tbe Valhalla. Its famous predecessor, observed by H. M. S. Daedalus, was sighted on Aug. 6, 1848, off the west coast of Africa.