Serpent Hurled to Sea

Serpent Hurled to Sea

Photo: Faith Palermo In 1817, a sea serpent appears in Gloucester harbor. On August 14th, creature breaches water, skin kisses air, and is witnessed. The Linnaean Society of New England, a board designed to record and interpret landscape, collects testimony, and the...
Dragon Driving the T

Dragon Driving the T

Photo by Fletcher6 via Wikimedia Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0 Zuke the aquamarine dragon had been a train conductor for the T since 1889. Since the dragon couldn’t fly via levitation or wings, the train was the next option. In his younger years, Zuke loved to travel...