On This Day in Weird, June 6...
1819: Hawkins Wheeler reports a sea serpent sighting from
Massachusetts, writing: "I had a fair and distinct view of the creature,
and from his appearance am satisfied that it was of the serpent kind. The
creature was entirely black; the head, which perfectly resembled a snake's, was
elevated from four to seven feet above the surface of the water, and his back
appeared to be composed of bunches or humps, apparently about as large as, or a
little larger than, a half barrel; I think I saw as many as ten or twelve…I
considered them to be caused by the undulatory motion of the animal—the tail
was not visible, but from the head to the last hump that could be seen, was, I
should judge, 50 feet."
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