Queer Creatures Of
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The Sea
Letter to the Editor.
IN your August issue I read the interest ing story of Mr. Gaskell’s encounter in the Solomons with the “Loch Ness Mon ster.” His description of it is very true.
I came across the same creature off the beach at Nordup, a mile from Rabaul, about two years ago. I did not get a glimpse of its head, but I saw the numerous loops rising from the water.
It was, as your correspondent describes it, of a dark red colour, the body being easily the thickness of a coconut.
The creature was only about thirty yards from the beach. For about half an hour it stayed in the vicinity, then made off to sea.
It would be interesting to know to what species this creature belongs. Perhaps someone proficient in the lore of marine monsters could tell us.
I am, etc.,
M. E. Livingstone.
Salamaua, N.G., 25/9/’35.