THE SEA SERPENT MYSTERY AT OBAN.
The acoou ot of the capture of the mythical monster was a hoax, deliberately fj-.epotsased, so we are informed, by a • gangsman ■who had a grudgeagainafc (he ! •SJa^gow jqarnql jn which |hp account majL a'pge^red. He .seni it^it seems, as an aci of Vengeance on that unfortunate a'ewspaper for having Had t&e audacity to throw doubt on a report of an earthquake at Oban, of which (his said gentleisaa was the author. Having Kisd his revenge by seeing his Account of tbe wonderful capture of a sea serpent in tbe journal in questionYhe coolly wrote to tha editor next day informing him tbat a postmortem examination had been •SSd-f,! 9 nd the v only tillingiouud Un; the serpen^ v>M&,co_>y of the iasne -of the journal in which the offeuaive doubt was cast upon tb"e "earthquake story 1 So the wholeVdainess is ended, and the aea serpen], ia as much a mystery as .ever.- But wd shall be on Our guard henceforward against stories from Oban. A gentleman who can make an earthquake and discover the sea serpent must. _F_v & 'a" gOBCezM imagination, and may tifbme of tyW&J* Jftfe a*?: &\k»& Hfc »- balloon ip Bjarsey .the moon itself.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 179, 31 July 1877, Page 4
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