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AUG-14-1817 [THU]

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LOCATION:
Gloucester Harbor, MA   USA

WHAT HAPPENED:
Matthew Gaffney, a ship's carpenter at the time, gave the following affidavit:

" ...between the hours of four and five o'clock in the afternoon. I saw a strange marine animal, resembling a serpent in the harbor in said Gloucester. I was in a boat, and was within 30 feet of him. His head appeared full as large as a four-gallon keg, his body as large as a barrel, and his length that I saw I should judge 40 feet at least. The top of his head was of a dark color, and the under part of his head appeared nearly white, as did also several feet of his belly that I saw

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"I fired at him when he was the nearest to me... "

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