Manatee Madness
The ongoing animal uprising has a whole new player. An advance scout from the manatee invasion force has been spotted heading up the Hudson River in New York. Worse yet, it appears to be checking out Ichabod Crane's old stomping grounds in Sleepy Hollow!
The massive animal has been spotted in the Hudson River at least three times in the last week — first off the Chelsea and Harlem sections of Manhattan, then to the north in Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County.
"It was gigantic," said Randy Shull, who said he spotted the unusual visitor Sunday afternoon while boating at Kingsland Point Park in Sleepy Hollow. "When we saw it surface, its back was just mammoth."
John Vargo, the publisher of Boating on the Hudson magazine, said his alert about the sightings was met with disbelief by some boaters.
"Some were laughing about it, because it couldn't possibly be true," he said.
It is unusual for one of the creatures — often associated with the warm waters of Florida — to travel so far north, although they have been reported along the shores of Long Island and even Rhode Island.
Oh sure, people laugh. Just wait until people find out that the manatees have been playing gentle and stupid all these years. When they start eating swimmers people will pay attention! Man munching manatees are nothing to laugh about.
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