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THE BEAR LAKE MONSTERS (Bear Lake, Idaho) Rumors about monsters in Bear Lake have floated about since the area was settled. One of the first and best written accounts was reported by Joseph C. Rich. Dated: Paris, Rich County, Utah, 3uly 27, 1868, the article appeared in the Deseret Evening News August 3, 1868, p. 2 and the Deseret News (weekly) August 5, 1868, p. 205. "All lakes, caves and dens have their legendary histories. Tradition loves to throw her magic wand over beautiful dells and lakes and people them with fairies, giants and monsters of various kinds. Bear Lake has also its monster tale to tell, and when I have told it, I will leave you to judge whether or not it is merely tradition. "The Indians say there is a monster animal which lives in the Lake that has captured and carried away Indians while in the Lake swimming; but they say it has not been seen by them for many years, not since the buffalo inhabited the valley. They represent it as being of the serpent kind, but having legs about eighteen inches long on which they sometimes crawl out of the water a short distance on the shore. They also say it spurts water upwards out of its mouth. "Since the settlement of this valley several Persons have reported seeing a huge animal of 29
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Transcript | THE BEAR LAKE MONSTERS (Bear Lake, Idaho) Rumors about monsters in Bear Lake have floated about since the area was settled. One of the first and best written accounts was reported by Joseph C. Rich. Dated: Paris, Rich County, Utah, 3uly 27, 1868, the article appeared in the Deseret Evening News August 3, 1868, p. 2 and the Deseret News (weekly) August 5, 1868, p. 205. "All lakes, caves and dens have their legendary histories. Tradition loves to throw her magic wand over beautiful dells and lakes and people them with fairies, giants and monsters of various kinds. Bear Lake has also its monster tale to tell, and when I have told it, I will leave you to judge whether or not it is merely tradition. "The Indians say there is a monster animal which lives in the Lake that has captured and carried away Indians while in the Lake swimming; but they say it has not been seen by them for many years, not since the buffalo inhabited the valley. They represent it as being of the serpent kind, but having legs about eighteen inches long on which they sometimes crawl out of the water a short distance on the shore. They also say it spurts water upwards out of its mouth. "Since the settlement of this valley several Persons have reported seeing a huge animal of 29 |
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