Historic Cryptid Headline: September 18, 1922 - 60-FT Monsters Raid Fisheries

The Evening World

September 18, 1922

“60-FT. MONSTERS RAID FISHERIES.”

Fishermen Scared Away After Narrow Escapes.

ST. JOHN’S, N.F., Sept. 18.

Sea monsters which are reported to be from forty to sixty feet long have attacked boats engaged in fishing out of British Harbor, Trinity Bay, and fishermen are afraid to go on the grounds.

A large school of these monsters, of which no detailed description has been received, appeared off the coast a few days ago and is still thought to be in the bay.

An organized expedition will be sent from the settlements off which the school lies in an effort to capture or disperse it. Several boats which went out recently narrowly escaped being swamped by the monsters.

The appearance of the school was reported to the Department of Marine and Fisheries by the telegraph operator at British Harbor.

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