THE EVENING TIMES-REPUBLICAN — JUNE 11, 1909
THEY’RE SEEIN’ THINGS ♢ (Farmers near Randall in a Fright over Alleged Presence of Snake.) ♢ REPTILE SAID TO BE MONSTER; HUNT MAY BE ORGANIZED ♢ Prominent Citizens Declare They Have Seen Snake Between Twenty and Twenty-five Feet in Length—Leaves Track Larger Than
Auto Wheel—Other News.
Special to Times-Republican.
Webster City, June 11.—Randall, a small town south of this city, and the farm community east is terribly wrought up over the alleged presence of a monstrous snake seen a half mile east of the town. The serpent is between twenty-five and thirty feet in length and its trail across a newly plowed field is larger than the track left by the largest automobile wheel. Measurement of the trail shows It to be about eight inches in width. The presence of this huge snake is well authenticated and people in the community where it has been seen are going armed and are keeping a close watch. It is hoped the monster can be killed within a few days.
H. G. Pederson, a farmer residing east of Randall, has seen the trail of the serpent a good many times, but never knew what it was. The other clay, however, while M. L. Henderson was at his farm plowing in the field with his hired man, George Anfinson the snake was seen. Henderson was plowing in one field and Anfinson on another, near the H. G. Pederson house. Anfinson saw the snake crossing the newly plowed ground. He could hardly
