The Latest Serpent Story

A very pronounced fish story comes from Barry county, Michigan, where, we are “told,” a monster resembling a snake is residing in Harwood Lake. It is represented as being about twenty feet long, and from five to seven inches in diameter. It has been seen a number of times – once, last summer, by a Swede, who supposed it to be the devil.

The other day his snakeship was seen again by a boy, who was fishing at the time, and had quite a string of fish lying on the bank. The boy says the snake came out of the water, and, with one gulp, swallowed fish, string, and all, and then came for him; and he, not particularly wishing for such an associate, made tracks for a more congenial companion.

“It is said” that the teeth of this serpent are three or four inches long.South Side Signal, Babylon, New York, August 27, 1870

Thanks for this historical item from Jerome Clark.

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