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THE MOUNT PERRY CHRONICLES7
STORIES ABOUT LIFE IN MOUNT PERRY FLORIDA

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As is the case in most small towns near lakes, we have a man who constantly
reports seeing sea serpents in Lake Mount Perry. Recently our resident lake
watcher, Mr. Semore Monsters, has once again claimed to have sighted the Lake
Mount Perry Monster cavorting about in the middle of the lake.
Our ace reporter, Mr. Badnews Hunter, was immediately dispatched to the scene
with his photographer in the hopes of catching a picture of the monster before it
disappeared again. As usual he arrived a day too late.
This time, however, Badnews and his photographer sat with Mr. Monsters and
listened intently as he described the monster in every detail. From this conversation,
Badnews posted this description in the Mount Perry Newspaper and Fish Wrap the
following day:
The monster appeared to be about sixty feet long and shaped like a snake with
paddle like fins on either side of its head. It had large eyes and long pointed ears on
the top of its head. The head of the monster resembled a dogs head but with a very
impressive set of long, sharp-looking teeth.
Although the monster appeared to be sixty feet in length, the diameter of the body
was only about four feet and completely covered in what looked like soft reddish
brown fur or hair.
On occasion the monster reared out of the water to at least ten feet in height before
plunging back into the murky depths of Lake Mount Perry. Speed-wise the monster
was incredibly fast, at least according to Semore, and the entire sixty foot long
monster vanished within about two seconds.
Badnews was careful to check what Mr. Monsters was drinking during his interview.
In his opinion the stuff being consumed was certainly no stronger than 180 Proof.
On the other hand, Mr. Monsters, although visibly shaken by his experience, did
seem to be drinking an awful lot of it.
Shortly after the interview appeared in the newspaper, the monster was named after
Mr. Monsters and became known permanently as the Lake Mount Perry Monster.
Mr. Monsters became rather possessive of his monster and began dictating how the
monster was to be treated and fed. Mr. Monsters was quick to point out that we
certainly didn’t want anything that big and fierce-looking to get hungry.
Speculation by our resident expert on dinosaurs Dr. Olde Bones, indicates the
monster was probably frozen into the Mount Perry Glacier at the top of out beloved
Mount Perry at some very ancient time. Then as the glacier slowly moved down the
mountain, the piece with the monster in it broke free and floated down the Mount
Perry River.
It was then washed over the 3,000 ft. Mount Perry Falls into Lake Mount Perry
where the warm Florida sun thawed it out rapidly enough to prevent cellular
damage. Shortly after thawing out, the monster was probably struck by a lightning
bolt from one of the many storms that dissipate their strength against the sides of our
beloved Mount Perry and over Lake Mount Perry. The monster was revived and
lives again.
Although this is only speculation, it does seem the only plausible explanation of how
something as big as the Lake Mount Perry Monster could come into being. There
seems no other explanation, especially since the river connecting the lake to the Gulf
of Mexico is so shallow and slow moving, anything as big as the Lake Mount Perry
Monster would have been plainly visible during its transition from the Gulf to the
lake.
Residents of Mount Perry now line the lake shores, throwing food out into the lake
for the monster to eat. The monster seems quite friendly as it accepts the food and
returns the center of the lake to consume it. Obviously however, this offering of
food is not nearly enough to sustain a sixty foot long monster and soon after it was
first sighted, it was noted there were no longer any alligators, birds or fish in the lake.
It wasn’t until pets and livestock began to go missing from lake side farms that the
fearless elected leaders of our fair town became alarmed. The farmers around the
lake were understandably angry. These farmers paid taxes and the lake monster didn’
t. It didn’t take a great deal of imagination to figure out who’s side our elected
officials were on.
Naturally, rather than risk the safety of our fearless elected leaders with a visit to the
lake shore, Mr. Monsters was summoned to the Mount Perry Town Hall to explain
exactly what he intended to do with “his” monster.
We all wonder what is going to happen when the novelty of feeding a lake monster
wears off, the people lose interest in feeding it and the monster starts to get really
hungry. At this point even the sign encouraging the tourists to swim out into the lake
and pet the lake monster won’t be enough. It would only take one or two tourists
being gobbled up in plain sight by the hungry lake monster, to completely discourage
the rest of them from swimming out there.
It was then, Mr. Monsters related how he had formed a partnership with two other
long time residents of Mount Perry and described how his new company intended to
capture and skin the Lake Mount Perry Monster. He went on to explain how the
new company called, “Semore Monsters, I. Katchum & H. E. Skinum” intended to
become the worlds only supplier of Lake Mount Perry Monster Skin Fur Coats, —
while the supply lasts. With only one monster available, the supply is expected to be
somewhat limited.
It was only at this time that the Animal Rights people became involved in the
question of what to do with the lake monster. They have chained themselves
together standing waist deep in the lake waters vowing not to move from their
assigned positions until some appropriate measures are taken to protect the lake
monster.
Farmers living around the lake who have lost livestock to the lake monster have
formed a circle around the outside of the lake waters vowing to keep the animal
rights activists at their positions until the lake monster gets hungry again and resolves
the issue for them. It is said in hushed tones; many of the farmers hope the monster
will grab one of the animal rights activists and swallow them. If this were to happen
the entire lot, chained together as they are, might be taken by the monster like a
lumpy strand of spaghetti.
Of concern to all is a clutch of about fifty large eggs found in a heap of rotting
vegetation located near the edge of the lake. When the people who found the nest,
returned with lake authorities to remove the eggs, all they found were broken shells
and no sign at all of what was inside the eggs.
Although nothing can be proven at this point it is strongly suspected the company of,
Semore Monsters, I. Katchum & H. E. Skinum may have had more than just a little
to do with the disappearance. Their new venture of selling baby Mount Perry Lake
Monsters to tourists does tend to lead one to think they might have had something to
do with the disappearance of whatever was inside the eggs.

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