Outrunning the Dragon
Outrunning the Dragon A witness sees a man trying to outrun a dragon, which seems at first only a cloud of dust.
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‘silly season’
The Republican River Monster
The Republican River Monster, a Kansas sea serpent.
A (Tail) Flap of Mermaids
We are coming to the end of the traditional Silly Season. Last year I did a post on popular images of sea serpents from vintage newspapers. This year, we move on to an equally popular Silly Season topic: mermaids, as seen in newspapers and book illustrations.
Does the Sea Serpent Really Look Like an Art Nouveau Oar-fish?
Does the Sea Serpent Really Look Like an Art Nouveau Oar-fish? With Labor Day upon us, we are almost at the end of the Silly Season when sea serpent stories were standard newspaper fare. Here’s a selection of vintage–and most imaginative–depictions of sea serpents.