12/12/2023 0 Comments North american dragonsHe Banquets on Young Sheep at Fletcher, Ill, and Flies about the Country to the Great Alarm of the RusticsĪ correspondent writing from Blue Mound, Ills., to a Bloomington paper tells this remarkable story: James Vincent, sr., a farmer of Fletcher, was startled the other day by the unusual bleatings of his lambs, and on going to the spot he saw a huge reptile raise his head many feet above the ground. In these three reports we find the usual monstrous hybrid of fact and fiction. Rich as the United States is in reports of Bigfoots, Thunderbirds, and Jersey Devils, there are comparatively few reports from North America of creatures described as dragons. It is a moot point whether the flying snakes, formerly so plentiful in the Southeastern United States, or flying humanoid entities like Mothman or the Van Meter Monster should be classified as dragons. So when I found that the date was also St George’s Day, I was glad of any pretext to seize upon the theme of dragons. But I used up all my good “Shakespeare at a Séance” material last year and, frankly, I can’t cope with ciphers, mystery vaults, or Bacons of either sex. It’s the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birthday today and I really should have done something special on the Bard. Notes on American Dragons The River Dragon of the Maumee River
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