A SEA SERPENT. TWO HUNDRED FEET LONG. WITH A HEAD LIKE A CROCODILE'S.
SEEN OFF THE NEW ZEALAND COAST. By Telegraph —Press Association.— Copyright. (Received December 22, 10.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, This? Day. The officers, of the Strathardle, which arrived to-day from Auckland, report passing a sea serpent on Sunday "in the Tasman Pea. The monster was two hundred feet m length* with a head like a crocodile's. A large fin shov.-ed out of the water, its body, which was of bright colours, tapered considerably at the tail. The sea serpent was travelling slowly. It was sighted about two hundred miles olf the New Zealand coast.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1911, Page 7
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105A SEA SERPENT. TWO HUNDRED FEET LONG. WITH A HEAD LIKE A CROCODILE'S. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 150, 22 December 1911, Page 7
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