SF Sea Serpent

On July 1, 2005 the San Francisco Chronicle published an article about Tom D'Onofrio and his sighting of a gigantic snake-like unknown marine animal he had on August 30, 1976. If you want to read it we have provided a link to the article on our favorite links page.

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Saturday, July 9, 2005

National Geographic airing date of S.F. Sea Serpent video

On August 1, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time or 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time the National Geographic Channel will be airing a program entitled "Is it real? Monsters of the Deep" which will include interviews with Marlene Martin, one of the Stinson Beach witnesses; Tom D'Onofrio, who had a sighting at Agate Beach in 1976 and several scientists including Dr. Ed Bousfield who has been investigating the S.F. Sea Serpent sightings. The program will also include an interview with us and show portions of the video we took on January 26, 2004.

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Thursday, July 7, 2005

San Francisco Sea Serpent

Thoughout history mankind has come face to face with unknown realities that force changes in its view of the world. Whether caused by genius or stupidity, the result is the same. The world is no longer as it was. Sometimes, the bearers of new realities are crucified for their efforts to enlighten the world. In this day and age, what would you do if you found yourself in the unwanted position of possessing knowledge unknown to mankind? If by chance new knowledge is discovered, one should think about the consequences of announcing the discovery. After all, a wise man once said, "the biggest hole in the world is a fool's mouth." This blog deals with a controversy that has persisted ever since men got the courage to venture into the seas and oceans of this planet. Warning sailors of the dangers lurking in the depths, Olaus Magnus drew the CARTA MARINA in 1539 with oceans populated by various types of sea serpents. Over the years sea serpents have been spotted in many lakes and other bodies of water around the world including Scotland, Ireland, Sweden, Russia, Argentina, Tasmania, Canada and two areas in the USA - The Washington, Montana, and Idaho mountain complex in the West, and the Adirondacks in the East. As a result, names like Nessie, Morag, Ogopogo and Champ have become household words. The most famous sea serpent, the Loch Ness Monster, has been reported since Adamnan's "Life of Saint Columba", Book 2, Chapter 27 (a.d. 700) where it is called "Aquatilus Bestia". The first American sightings began in 1639. In John Josselyn's "An account of two voyages to New England" (1674) he mentions "...a sea serpent or snake that lay coiled on a rock" at Cape Ann, Massachusett in 1639. The summer of 1817 near Gloucester, Mass., a sea serpent was spotted in the harbor by hundreds of people. It was described as a "snake" with its "head and body about 8 feet out of the water. His head is in a perfect shape as large as the head of a horse, his body is judged to be about forty-five or fifty feet in length." 1817-1847 was a high point of American monster sighting. Many different types were seen regularly off the coast of Massachusetts and other locations on the Atlantic coast of North America, including Maine, Halifax (Nova Scotia), Charleston, South Carolina and the Gulf of Mexico. In 1892, Prof. Antoon Corneus Oudemans wrote "The Great Sea-Serpent", the most comprehensive book ever written on sea serpents until Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans' "In the Wake of the Sea-Serpent" (1968). In 1930, R. T. Gould wrote "The Case for the Sea Serpent" just as sightings at Loch Ness began to make front page headlines in newspapers all over the world. In 1934 the famous "Surgeon" photo was taken by Dr. R. Kenneth Wilson. For 60 years it was considered by many to be the best picture taken of the monster until on March 13, 1994, the London "Sunday Telegraph" headline read "Revealed: The Loch Ness Picture Hoax". Written by James Langton, it told about a complicated plot by big game hunter Marmaduk Arundel Wetherell, his son and stepson, a London insurance broker Maurice Chambers and Dr. Kenneth Wilson. The hoax was revealed by Wetherell's stepson, Christian Spurling who died in 1993. Dying with him was the credibility of anyone who continued to believe in the existence of sea serpents. In December, 1938, the trawler NERINE hauled in a five foot Coelacanth while fishing five miles off the South African city of East London. Believed extinct for 70 million years the local natives had been catching and eating them for years. The discovery was a bombshell in the scientific community. How could something like this go unnoticed by the civilized world for so long? The possibility of other unknown animals swimming in the oceans of the world could no longer be denied. On the 23rd of April, 1960 Tim Dinsdale filmed the Loch Ness monster as it swam in the Loch. His film was analysed by the Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (U. K.) of the Ministry of Defense in 1966 and they concluded it "probably was an animate object". In the ensuing years many photographs have been taken of the monster, and many books have been written such as "The Monsters of Loch Ness" by Dr. Roy Mackal, "The Great Orm of Loch Ness" by F. W. Holiday, "The Enigma of Loch Ness" by Henry Bauer, and "In the Wake of the Sea Serpent" by Dr. Bernard Heuvelmans. After coining the term "Cryptozoology" (the study of hidden animals), Dr. Heuvelmans became the undisputed scientific expert championing the belief in the existence of sea serpents. In 1982 He and Dr. Roy Mackal co-founded the "International Society of Cryptozoology" (ISC). The purpose of the society was to serve as a focal point for the investigation, analysis, publication, and discussion of all matters related to animals of unexpected form or size, or unexpected occurrence in time or space. Scientists who believe in the possibility of the existence of sea serpents think the proof WILL surface one day and that it WILL NOT be a fellow scientist or reseacher who discovers it, but rather some ordinary citizen whose personal existence brings them to the area by chance. This blog will discuss the true stories of ordinary people who happened to be in the right place at the right time. In any court of law, the evidence must be examined with an unbiased eye before a fair verdict can be reached. In most cases, it is the testimony of the eyewitnesses which tips the scale one way or the other and many murderers have been sent to death row by a single eyewitness. But when it comes to proving unknown realities, the testimony of an eyewitness is not enough to tip the scales. Some kind of physical proof is demanded before the world believes beyond a reasonable doubt that sea serpents exist. This blog will discuss the facts and evidence gathered during the multiple sightings of Bill and Bob Clark as well as from other witnesses' sightings. As much detail as possible will be included so that others who believe in the possibility of the existence of sea serpents will know that sea serpents do exist.

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