{"id":3570,"date":"2010-05-09T11:23:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T05:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=3570"},"modified":"2012-11-25T07:52:12","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T01:52:12","slug":"cliftonville-serpent-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2010\/05\/cliftonville-serpent-england\/","title":{"rendered":"CLIFTONVILLE SERPENT (ENGLAND)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In summer of 1950, off the coast of Cliftonville, a tourist had a run in with a bizarre sea beast that would haunt him for the rest of his days.<\/p>\n

Although information is scarce regarding this odd creature, the father of cryptozoology, BERNARD HEUVELMANS — in his indispensable book on the SEA MONSTER<\/a> phenomenon “In the Wake of the Sea Serpents<\/a>” — chronicled a brief, yet harrowing, encounter with this anomalous marine animal.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>According to the account, on a hot summer’s day a tourist by the name of John Handley took a dip off the coast of Cliftonville in Kent, England. While swimming a creature emerged from the depths not 300-feet away from him.<\/p>\n

Handley described the quasi-serpentine beast as being approximately 2-feet wide with ears that stuck up on its head, not unlike those of a horse. This horse-like visage is one of the most common types of AQUATIC-ENIGMAS<\/a> that are seen near bodies of water in the British Isles.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Lakes, streams and ponds are the reputed homes of a myriad array of aquatic-equestrians such as the notoriously aggressive KELPIE<\/a> and EACH-UISGE<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Even the world’s most famous LAKE MONSTER<\/a> “NESSIE” has occasionally been credited with having ear-like protrusions atop her skull. An anonymous onlooker on the beach confirmed Handley’s description of the creature’s unusual features.<\/p>\n

While the outcome of this encounter was apparently not chronicled, one must presume that Handley left the ocean posthaste and was likely reticent to return for many moons to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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