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This article was originally written for a paranormal magazine called The Paranormal Journal, it became known as The Underground Files covering ghosts, ufos, cryptozoology, and government conspiracies amongst others. I no longer write for the magazine and it is no longer in existence. Serpent Like Sea Creature August 1st 2002, Portsmouth R.I. - A fun packed day turned to hell for one group of local swimmers and fishermen, as Fall River residents Dennis Vasconcellos, Rachel Carney, Joey Meilloux, Tracy Roberts, a young child and another woman were at Teddy's Beach in the Island Park section of Portsmouth one Tuesday last July. Half the group were fishing, the other swimming or playing in the sand, but Vasconcellos heard the cry of his fiancé, Rachel Carney, she was screaming for help, shouting that something was after her, she was swimming beyond the 'Danger' sign posted at the quiet beach. Some thing was in the water with her, an unknown sea creature, malicious in it's behaviour, described as 15 ft long, with four inch teeth, greenish-black skin and a white belly. It swam around Rachel Carney, she says, it popping its head out of the water exposing its teeth and hissing vehemently at her. “I was out deep in the water and kept hearing this hissing sound. Then I saw its head come up showing me its big teeth,” Carney said. “It kept rolling while it was swimming and knocking into my feet. I just froze.” Vasconcellos said he swam out to her, grabbing her by the backside and told her not to look back. “This thing was big. I mean its head was almost the size of a basketball,” Vasconcellos said. “I just kept backing in to shore, but it was looking at me and hissing. The other people around were pulling their kids out of the water.” Within minutes the pair were back by the beach and safety. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Centre for Marine Science and Technology in New Bedford, one of the leading marine science research centres in the region, has its lead aquaculturist, Ed Baker, baffled by the serpent like creature. He said Wednesday, the description given is unlike any animal he knows. But did say it is conceivable a tropical animal had drifted northward through a strong and warm gulf current. He said a piranha had been found in Conventry R.I., and an alligator is on the run in Lincoln, R.I. Therefore, the mystery animal may have been placed in the water by a local resident or it may have been carried into Rhode Island waters from the south. Mailloux, who was nursing a badly wounded leg in the brackish water, said he witnessed the whole thing. “I just saw (Carney) swimming as fast as I've seen anyone go,” Mailloux said. “Then I saw this big, big thing spinning around the two of them. It looked like a giant eel to me, but I'm sure it wasn't because it was so big and had that white belly.” Mailloux just minutes before had caught a fish and slipped on the rocks cutting his legs. He wondered if the smell of his blood in the water had brought the creature to bear. “I don't know if it was a shark or what. All I know is that (Carney and Vasconcellos) were both hysterical when they got out of the water,” Mailloux said. “I've lived near the water for years and have never seen an animal like that, ever.” Vasconcellos is an experienced fisherman too, he also stated he had no idea what the creature was. “My heart is still pounding. I don't want to seem scared but people should know to keep their children close, because that thing was definitely big enough to kill us,” Vasconcellos said. “I thought I was dead.” Portsmouth police said Wednesday, they had not received any calls about the large animal. But Vasconcellos said he would be contacting the police over the incident and telling them what he and the group saw that day. Mailloux said he thinks the animal is nesting under the unusually warm waters of the protected cove. He said he saw it disappear near one of six broken down piers in the area, which could be used as a nesting area. “That thing was not from around here,” Mailloux said. “I think it might have come up with the tropical stream of water and found a good place to breed this summer.” Baker said Mailloux's theory about breeding in the area is 'somewhat of a stretch,' and believes the sea creature is in distress, using the pier structure, if at all, as a place to hide. Serpent Like Sea Creature written by Bill Barber |
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