Beyond the Labyrinth

Haunted by Dragons: Flying Monsters in 19th Century California

  Haunted by Dragons FLYING MONSTERS IN 19th CENTURY CALIFORNIA * * * A MONSTER OF THE AIR Thomas Campbell and Joseph Howard, two wood-choppers working in the timber five miles northeast of Hurleton, Cal., inform us by letter of a singular creature they saw flying thought the air last Friday afternoon. They write: “About four o’clock Friday afternoon last, while at work, we were startled by the sound of many wings flapping in the air. Looking up, we perceived passing over our heads, not more than forty feet above the tree-tops, a creature that looked something like a crocodile. […]