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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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In Bristol on August 14, a bizarre sea creature got stuck in the drawbridge, causing commotion and injuring a man's leg before being secured ashore. It resembled a hornless ox with cloven feet, sharp teeth, large tail, and belly fins; speculated as a sea calf or Irish sea bull.
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Yesterday we were all in commotion, every one hurrying towards the drawbridge, in order to satisfy their curiosity by viewing one of the most extraordinary rare animals we ever heard of: it came in with the tide, and was not perceived till in attempting to get through the bridge it stuck so fast that it could neither move backwards nor forwards. After a great deal of trouble it was secured, and brought on shore, but not before it tore a man's leg in the fleshy part very dangerously. The head of it resembles that of an ox without horns; there are two forelegs with cloven feet, and a large tuft of hair in the middle of its forehead, the teeth are about two inches and a half long, delicately white, and very sharp; from the shoulders it gradually increases till you come to the tail, which is enormously large; it has two large fins under the extreme part of its belly. Some people say it is a sea calf, others surmise that it came from the Irish seas, and therefore, from the size of it, it must be a bull.
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Bristol
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Yesterday, Per Letter Dated August 15
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one man's leg torn dangerously; animal secured and brought ashore
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A large, extraordinary animal arrived with the tide and got stuck in the drawbridge, unable to move. It was secured after much trouble. Description: head like hornless ox, two forelegs with cloven feet, tuft of hair on forehead, 2.5-inch sharp white teeth, body increasing to enormous tail, two large belly fins. Speculated as sea calf or large bull from Irish seas.