SEA-SERPENT VIEWED OFF FRENCH COAST SPECIES OF BOTTLE-NOSED WHALE

After having inspected the pictures and reports about the sea-serpent which was definitely seen a few weeks age on the coast of France and was reported to be the first unlegendary one which had over been observed, Glover M. Allen '01, associate professor of Zoology and curater of Mammals at the University Museum, has identified the creature as a bottle-nosed whale, known to scientists as Hyperoodon Ampullatum.

Professor Allen has made an extensive study of all the stories which have been told about sea-monsters, and he has come to some definite conclusions. He points out that there are many objects and animals which may be mistaken for sea-serpents, such as rocky reefs, flocks of gulls, whales, oarfish, or sail-fish. The famed "Loch Ness" seen in Scottish waters was probably a gray seal, warped out of shape by a few bottles of old Scotch brew.

The latest theory brought forward by Professor Allen is that the sea-serpent mania comes as a direct result of the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Another contributing cause may be the complexly of modern life which demands some from of psychological release from the worries of the N.R.A. Sea-serpents were never seen by the sailors on the clippers which sailed out of Salem in the old days. It takes warm spring weather and a brisk tourist service to develop really good monster crazes.