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The Sea Serpent That Invaded Portsmouth New Hampshire

The desperation of the stranded whale,
When wedged 'twixt jagged rocks he writhes and rolls
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New Hampshire’s "Lakawaka": Terror of the Isles of Shoals

An enigmatic entry in an 1872 story speaks of something terrible–“self-illuminating, like a glow-worm,” that was “seen for many years near the shore” of the Isles of Shoals…
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