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October 2, 1883
National Republican (Washington City
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Account of nine-year-old children with human upper bodies and alligator-like lower halves, including tails for swimming; they are healthy, intelligent, and enjoy life near their home.
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intend to exhibit them here, except, perhaps, to a few friends and acquaintances.
These children are now nine years of age, and have never been exceeding ten miles from their home, and consequently have never been placed on exhibition. Their bodies, arms, and heads from the hips up are perfectly formed, while from the hips down, they present the identical appearance of an alligator, having a perfectly formed tail about five feet in length, together with the hind feet and legs of the alligator. They crawl around on their hands and feet, converse intelligently, and seem to enjoy life very much. They live part of the time in the water, which they enjoy very much, using their tails while swimming, the same as the alligator, to propel their bodies. They are healthy, good looking, and well developed children and outside of their love for the water their general mode of living is the same as that of other human beings.
These children are now nine years of age, and have never been exceeding ten miles from their home, and consequently have never been placed on exhibition. Their bodies, arms, and heads from the hips up are perfectly formed, while from the hips down, they present the identical appearance of an alligator, having a perfectly formed tail about five feet in length, together with the hind feet and legs of the alligator. They crawl around on their hands and feet, converse intelligently, and seem to enjoy life very much. They live part of the time in the water, which they enjoy very much, using their tails while swimming, the same as the alligator, to propel their bodies. They are healthy, good looking, and well developed children and outside of their love for the water their general mode of living is the same as that of other human beings.
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Medical Curiosity
Curiosity
Prodigy
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Alligator Children
Tail Swimming
Conjoined Anomaly
Medical Wonder
Child Prodigies
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Nine-year-old children with perfectly formed human bodies from the hips up and alligator-like appearance from the hips down, including a five-foot tail and hind feet; they crawl on hands and feet, converse intelligently, enjoy life, live part-time in water using tails to swim, and otherwise live like other humans.