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SEA SERPENT IN LAKE COUCHICHING I MONSTER WAS SEEN BY YOUNG INDIANOrillia Newg-Letter The sea serpent is here again. At various times it has been an open question wheth- lt;er or no these waters are the home of some hideous, dragonish monster. Sye-witnesse3 have affirmed that they have seen the terrible thing in both lake Couchiching and Simcoe. This was some years ago.But here it is again. It was seen in Lake Couchiching about a mile out from Orillia wharf on Thursday afternoon by Elijah Yellowhead, eldest son of the late celebrated head Chief Yellowhead of the 0*b jib way Nation, who is a level headed and substantial Indian, not easily frightened. He was paddling across the lake to Orillia, from Rama, when the head of a large monster suddenly shot out of the water within a few feet of the canoe. The head looked a golden yellow in color and was about20 inches in width. Mr. Yellowhead had a close view of the monster. He didn’t stop to investigate, Viowever, but dipped his paddle in the water f and hiked away from it with all his strength. When he arrived in Orillia he related his experience to ex-mayor Goffatt, and seemed to be considerably agitated by the sight of the monster, so much so that the return home across the lake did not seem particularly pleasing to him.That some monster of the deep inhabits these waters there is little doubt. It has been seen on different occasions for a number of years and | bobs up serenely at different times • before the astonished gaze of a much frightened spectator. The last appearance of the sea-serpent was at Barrie about 10 years ago, when it was seen by several people, who said | it had a head resembling a horse and was about 10 feet long.
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Lindsay Post
Lindsay, Ontario, CA
Fri, Jul 19, 1912
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