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more- intensively. Green vegetables.Is OlbJeetiiYe Of MomumtiesHdmonlou. Alta., June ao.~ tO.W -Royn 1 Canadian mounter! poHee are on the spot.£-\ toil erf for tTieir ability -*to get their ii'inn.” the mo unties have been assSituert the t-;sk of catching an * eipuogo—*ca serpent to you.Since nobody, since llic days ol ancient mariners! has succeeded In ho--tIcing an ogopogo; it appears the luotmties are in for a lot of work, if their reputation Is to remain unblemished.lhe latest source of annoyance for iha world’s most rmnous policemen first poked Its ugly hcocl above the water* of Battle river near Rnsalind, 77 miles southeast of Edmonton.Described as abone the diameter pi i\ stovepipe, 25 to 30 feet long, grey U\ color, with a slimy, tapering hoad,” the monster hns been seen at points eight miles apart at four different times by four different witnesses, all reputable folk.The witnesses, three cr.nl inlr.o operators and a farmer. say ti5C monsterswims at n speed of about 35 miles cm hour, lashing the water Jr.to Jonmas It 1*10vus.Tlic o-o|jago vrnn reported t-o Hovel C.!ind!an Moumcd police mirt crowds of more than loo have gathered from time to time on the live:- bonk in hope of catching u\i? ogopogo.William shurretl. farmer/apparently had the best view of the critter. He said, “I was crossing a bridge and I saw waves like those made by a si cam launch approaching.Then I saw n sea serpent com hie through the shallow water. There ivns no mistake nbiv.it It, it had an ugly head v-ilh a tajxwJng neck and was about 35 fCct long. There was n bnlpe in its middle, If it Had just eaten a big meal.
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Billings Gazette
Billings, Montana, US
Sun, Jul 01, 1934
Page 31
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CA 15 Aug 2020
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