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November 14, 1848
Hillsdale Whig Standard
Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan
What is this article about?
Report of a sea serpent sighting by the crew of the Daedalus frigate between the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, described in detail, compared to local sightings off Nahant.
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The Sea Serpent.
The Sea Serpent has been seen off Nahant this summer, and must have changed his cruising ground. A London paper states that when the Daedalus frigate, Captain McQuhae, arrived at Portsmouth, was on her passage home, between the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, her captain, and most of her officers and crew, at four o'clock one afternoon, saw a sea serpent. The creature was twenty minutes in sight of the frigate, and passed under her quarter.— Its head appeared to be about four feet out of the water, and there was about sixty feet of its body in a straight line on the surface. It is calculated that there must have been under water a length of thirty or forty feet more. The diameter of the exposed part of the body was about sixteen inches, and when it extended its jaws, which were full of large jagged teeth, they seemed sufficiently capacious to admit of a tall man standing upright between them. Could our sea serpent have wandered as far as St. Helena?-[N. Y. Star.
The Sea Serpent has been seen off Nahant this summer, and must have changed his cruising ground. A London paper states that when the Daedalus frigate, Captain McQuhae, arrived at Portsmouth, was on her passage home, between the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, her captain, and most of her officers and crew, at four o'clock one afternoon, saw a sea serpent. The creature was twenty minutes in sight of the frigate, and passed under her quarter.— Its head appeared to be about four feet out of the water, and there was about sixty feet of its body in a straight line on the surface. It is calculated that there must have been under water a length of thirty or forty feet more. The diameter of the exposed part of the body was about sixteen inches, and when it extended its jaws, which were full of large jagged teeth, they seemed sufficiently capacious to admit of a tall man standing upright between them. Could our sea serpent have wandered as far as St. Helena?-[N. Y. Star.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Sea Serpent
Daedalus Frigate
Sighting
Nahant
St. Helena
What entities or persons were involved?
Captain Mcquhae
Where did it happen?
Between The Cape Of Good Hope And St. Helena
Story Details
Key Persons
Captain Mcquhae
Location
Between The Cape Of Good Hope And St. Helena
Story Details
Crew of Daedalus frigate sighted a large sea serpent during voyage, with head 4 feet above water, 60 feet of body visible, estimated 30-40 feet submerged, jaws large enough for a man.