The Cape Ann Sea Serpent!
When a New England sea serpent was beached off the coast of Scituate, Mass., in 1970, it marked the continuation of a New England tradition going back to 1638. Ever since then, sea serpents have been frequent, if mysterious, guests to the New England shores.
It started in 1641, when credulous English traveler John Josselyn wrote An Account of Two Voyages to New England, which described a sea serpent seen three years earlier by passersby off the coast of Gloucester, Mass.:
They told me of a sea serpent or snake, that lay coiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape Ann; a boat passing by with two English on board, and two Indians, they would have shot the serpent, but the Indians dissuaded them, saying that if he were not killed outright, they would be in danger of their lives.
For more information check out:
http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-new-england-sea-serpents/
When a New England sea serpent was beached off the coast of Scituate, Mass., in 1970, it marked the continuation of a New England tradition going back to 1638. Ever since then, sea serpents have been frequent, if mysterious, guests to the New England shores.
It started in 1641, when credulous English traveler John Josselyn wrote An Account of Two Voyages to New England, which described a sea serpent seen three years earlier by passersby off the coast of Gloucester, Mass.:
They told me of a sea serpent or snake, that lay coiled up like a cable upon a rock at Cape Ann; a boat passing by with two English on board, and two Indians, they would have shot the serpent, but the Indians dissuaded them, saying that if he were not killed outright, they would be in danger of their lives.
For more information check out:
http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-new-england-sea-serpents/
For more information: