STRANGE BEASTS AND SEA-SERPENTS SIGHTED

"Their (Crabtrees') descriptions tally up with the others, and I feel they are sincere after talking with them. There is something out there, but I have no idea what it is," Allison said.

"I don't care what anyone thinks. I saw what I saw and no one has to believe me," Roger began. "When nightfall comes around here, my family is plenty scared. I don't even go out after dark."

"We are attempting to set down the information which is now available on these incidents, not in a sensational fashion, but to show that "something" has frightened some area residents."

"If, on the other hand, someone is attempting some elaborate pre-Halloween pranks, they are not very funny and more than a little dangerous."

"Daines said he had tried to kill the monster several times. The bullets seemed to have no effect."

"Skeptics said it was only a large water moccasin of exaggerated size, but others said it was something else."

"A century ago stories of a giant rattlesnake were striking fear in the hearts of the area."

"A country school four miles from Rattlesnake Bluff was the next site of a report. Big Jim was spotted nearby, and the frightened teacher gathered the students inside the school, shut the blinds and hid out until evening when parents came to see what the problem was. School was dismissed for the rest of the year."

"John Vatchet claimed that one of these animals sprang at him one night as he was going through the old graveyard and that he had quite a tussle for his life."

"It had dirty white hair and stood somewhere between 7 and 8 feet tall," Mrs. Crabtree said. "He emitted a bad smell and had huge eyes but I couldn't tell you what color they were be- cause I didn't stand around long enough to look."

It was from six to seven feet tall and had shoulders about three and a half feet wide, according to Keith.

"Your mind starts playing games when you see those trees broken off," Thais said. 'It started scaring us a little about then."

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