SEA SERPENTS

Greymouth Evening Star, 19 April 1938, Page 8

SEA SERPENTS

SEEN BY 1.000 PEOPLE/" " Lecturing on Sea Monsters before the Society for Nautical Research in London recently, Lt.-Cmdr. Rupert Gould, R.N.. 'said that the .Loch Ness type of sea-serpent, had 1 been seen more than 200 times by a total of about 1,000 witnesses of unimpugned veracity. It was a pity, he said, that not .one English biologist had thought it worth while to go North and. 1 investigate for him.sei i. Cmdr. Gould outlined the history of reported, sea serpents off the coast of the United States and elsewhere, and showed the extraordinary authentic/ ity of the reports since 1817. It looked like the easiest sale the estate agent had made for years. The mild-mannered little man who had come in search of a bungalow had accepted the agent’s' word about everything. “Er—there’s just one thing that’ll have to be attended to before I buy,”said the client, hesitatingly. “And what is that?" “All the doors and the front gate will have to be made to open outwards!" “Good heavens!" exclaimed the agent. “What's the idea? Is your; wife superstitious or something?" “No. she's temperamental, and 1 like a clear break for the open when, she starts!”