Monster of the Deep
I'he thresher shark of huge dimen sions caught at Abbotsbury, near Weymouth, off the famous Chesil Beach, docs not break the record as England’s greatest marine monster. The honour belongs to the East Coast as witness an old chronicler.
Near Broadstairs, on July 9, 1574, a “monstrous fish shot himself on shore Hid for want of water died next day, his roaring being audible a mile away.”
The chronicler gives various details about the fish’s monstrousness. A man stood upright in his eye-socket, and three men found ample accommodation in his mouth, his jaw opening 12ft., and his tongue being 15ft. long. Ilis total length was 66ft., and his eyes 12ft, apart.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 291, 8 December 1928, Page 14 (Supplement)
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116Monster of the Deep Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 291, 8 December 1928, Page 14 (Supplement)
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