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Alexandria Gazette & Daily Advertiser
Alexandria, Virginia
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Captain Rich returned to Boston port on September 4 from an expedition to capture the sea serpent but was unsuccessful; he caught an albicore or tunny fish instead, sparking false reports of success. The fish measured nine feet long and weighed 70-80 pounds.
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From the Boston Centinel, September 5.
THE SEA SERPENT NOT TAKEN.
Yesterday capt. Rich returned to port from his spirited and praiseworthy expedition in search of the Sea Serpent. He has been unsuccessful in capturing that animal but having availed himself of taking an aquatic animal seldom on our coast, called the Albicore or Tunny. (Scomber thynnus) the capture gave rise to the reports of the acquisition of the Sea Serpent; which a zealous wish to add to the stock of natural history, and to resolve the doubts of the existence of such animals, induced it to be generally credited. We regret the present disappointment of the meritorious adventurers, and the public ; but are confident it cannot invalidate the mass of evidence which has been adduced by hundreds of witnesses in favor of the appearance of such an animal on our coast.
The fish taken is about nine feet in length and six or seven in circumference, and probably weighs 70 or 80 wt.
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Boston
Event Date
September 4
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unsuccessful capture of sea serpent; captured albicore or tunny (scomber thynnus), nine feet in length, six or seven feet in circumference, weighing 70 or 80 wt.
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Capt. Rich returned to port from expedition in search of the Sea Serpent. Unsuccessful in capturing it, but took an Albicore or Tunny, a seldom-seen aquatic animal on the coast, leading to reports mistaken for the Sea Serpent's capture. Public disappointment noted, but evidence of Sea Serpent's existence upheld by witnesses.