11/5/2022 0 Comments River monsterPeter travels around the country giving presentations and workshops about how ordinary people are making their cities more lovable. (And an honor for the people who made me – they’re pretty excited about it.) It is a huge honor for me to be included by Peter with these other projects. Peter’s newest book Love Where You Live is a thoughtful collection of these ‘Love Note’ projects and the people behind them. In that book, Peter introduced the idea of a ‘Love Note’ to a city. Peter’s first book was called For The Love Of Cities. RIVER MONSTER FULLThe book is called Love Where You Live – creative emotionally engaging places and it’s full of examples of things that people do to make their cities more lovable. Look closely at the ‘E’ in ‘LOVE’ and tell me what you think. Others think that the creature died when the river became too shallow.Ĭopyright © 2022 Legends of America.Author Peter Kageyama has a new book! And guess what, I’m featured in it! I think I’m even on the COVER. In the last several years the “sea monster” hasn’t been spied but most of the locals believe that it is still there. Though the furor persisted, at least one biologists believed that the White River Monster was actually a lost elephant seal who had somehow migrated out of its normal ocean habitat up the Mississippi River and into the White River near Newport. These multiple accounts were enough to convince the Arkansas State Legislature, who created the refuge two years later. Several other people that same year also claimed to have seen the sea monster. This same year, the monster was photographed by a man by the name of Cloyce Warren of the White River Lumber Company. In 1971, two men reported that they saw three-toed tracks along the muddy river banks, as well as in the trees near the river. In 1966, three people fishing also saw Whitey, describing it as having a tail like a mermaid’s, a long body, arm-like flippers. Though business was brisk for a short time, no one else ever saw the creature. In 1937, a farmer named Bramleltte Bateman who lived south of Newport proclaimed to have seen the animal several times, saying: “The animal rises to the surface in the late afternoons and floats or swims around 5 to 15 minutes with its head underwater.” Intending on capitalizing on the sensation, Bateman soon set up a viewing area where he charged a 25¢ for a chance to see the monster, and also sold sandwiches and soft drinks. In 1924, a Little Rock resident reported having seen the creature, further describing it as having a dingy gray, crusted hide. Most of the many reports came from fishermen and campers along the White River. The White River Monster is described as snake-like, about 30 feet long with a spiny backbone, and makes a loud bellowing noise. During the days of the Civil War, Whitey was accredited for overturning a loaded Confederate gunship. According to this first account, the creature overturned a brave’s canoe before sinking back into the depths of the river. The creature was first spied by the Quapaw Indians who once inhabited the area and the tale was passed down from generation to generation. “Whitey” as the locals call him, has been sighted frolicking in the White River for more than a century and a half. Furthermore, the resolution made it illegal to “molest, kill, trample, or harm the White River Monster while he is in the retreat.” In fact, this legend is so widely accepted that the Arkansas State Legislature created the White River Monster Refuge adjacent to the Jacksonport State Park. A strange creature is said to lurk within the White River outside Newport, Arkansas.
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