The Minneapolis Journal

August 7, 1906

“Lake Ada Has A ‘Sarpint.’”

Mysterious Creature Seen on the Water by Pine River Men.

PINE RIVER, MINN. - Simultaneously with the host of summer guests who come to Cass county’s beautiful lakes for their summer’s outing appears the sea serpent, but in this instance there is a difference in the usual appearance of the “thing,” and the truth is vouched for by men who have a standing for honesty. The gentlemen were B.E. Wideman and J.J. Allen, business men of this place, and there is no doubt but what they really saw was some strange creature.

The animal was seen by them in Lake Ada, a beautiful sheet of water about ten miles from here. They were driving home from a trip to Longville, when their attention was attracted by what they thought to be an overturned boat, the size being about those dimensions and the color being similar to that which boats are generally painted, the object being about ten rods from the shore and plainly visible in the bright moonlight.

While one of the men was getting out of the rig to make a closer inspection the creature made a few lunges and disappeared beneath the water, making huge swells, which brought the water high on the beach. The men are of the opinion that it is some monster of a light color, whose head is about on a level with its body. It is probable an organized party will attempt to capture the creature which has caused so much excitement.

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