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^onxinuea on rage oeven)soSouih Ward Residents pAll Hei Up OverSeeing A Monsteros‘t(bPJust when it was believed that 3 the monster of the South Ward V had been captured and shipped to The Statesman offices, a new U “sighting” was reported on Mon- IV day to strike new terror to the d hearts of residents of the Duke o and Liberty Street areas. bFor those who are not up on b the activities of Bowmanville’s n dry land Ogopogo, here is a re- T sume of his activities. About three weeks ago “a monster,” reported to be a black snake anywhere I t from six to 12 feet long, was re- ! 1 ported seen by a resident in the vicinity of the Goodyear plant. Bowmanville police searched the area but could find neither hide nor scale of it.The theory current in some quarters was that “the monster” | g was a huge tropical snake which had arrived in a carload of rubber at the Goodyear plant fromicinSouth America or some other tro- ge;12npic land, and was on the roam in the south end of town. gThen private citizens took up j the chase and two Saturdays ago one of them, who signed himself “a reader of The Statesman for 40 years”, sent us the following ^ letter: “Dear Mr. James—I have QJ been looking for three days for g the big snake and this is the only one I have found. I had to go out of the town limits to get it, but g it might satisfy the people to know you have it.” ±Enclosed with this letter in a m cigarette box was a small garter g snake about six inches long.Following this heroic capture, we assumed that all was well, only to have our peace of mind shattered again on Monday. This g] time a resident of Duke Street, F while not seeing the snake it- M self, saw its “trail” across the muddy street.Police again visited the scene, but again the snake was not to be found. That is the situation at the present time, so if at any time you see a six foot black object crawling toward you, run— do not walk—for the nearest shotgun. It may be Bowmanville’s own Ogopogo. Iirm
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Bowmanville Canadian Statesman
Bowmanville, Ontario, CA
Thu, May 21, 1953
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