EAST FAREWELL
NEWS
Thursday, January
28, 1960 Vol. C761
LOCAL
NEWS
A STRANGE TALE
East
Farewell – A group of high school seniors were hiking around the north end of Lake Charles last week exploring the
area that is not developed and still pretty wild. They came upon a clearing in
an isolated area and noticed tracks crossing across the clearing. They first
thought they must be a deer or fox but upon closer investigation they noticed
they were not the tracks of a four legged animal at all but the tracks of a two
legged animal or possibly a human. “We were way out in woods,” said Frank
O’Dea, one of the hikers, “there wasn’t anybody around. We thought maybe it was
a bear but bears don’t walk upright like that. The tracks were real big, too,
not like a man would make. We all thought maybe this could be some kind of
abominable snowman or something. It was really weird”
Weird indeed. After the hikers
returned to town and told some others about what they found, a larger group was
rounded up and they headed back out to investigate further. The snow was not
that deep and the sun was coming out but the temperatures were still hovering
in the low 30s. When the group reached the grove they not only found the tracks
that the first group found but an additional set appearing to go in the
opposite direction. Part of the group closely inspected the tracks and some
others went off into the woods in search of the thing that made the tracks. The
track investigators determined whatever it was it did not have boots on. The
tracks appeared to be made by a large foot or paw, a very large foot or paw.
Meanwhile off in the woods the other group had found a trail of broken branches
and more footprints. Danny Martin, a member of the second group was standing on
the trail and looking off towards where it led when he saw a flock of birds all
rise up at once in the distance and it seemed like there was someone or
something running off away from him. He shouted out and the rest of the group
ran to him. “I saw something over there!”
Martin started after the thing but
it was too far away and disappeared in the woods before he got more than 100
feet. The rest of the group caught up to him but no one went much further. “I
don’t know what that was,” said Martin, “but it was really big and looked like
it had fur all over it!”
Does East Farewell have its own
abominable snowman? There have been claims that Lake Charles has a smaller
version of the Loch Ness monster but those have been pretty much debunked. Big
Charlie, a huge bass that was caught and released by David Gettingsomwhere back
in 1955, is the closest the lake has had to a “monster”. There were rumors back
in 1955 just before “Big Charlie was caught that some seniors had seen a
serpent like creature up in the north end of the lake. These rumors arose at
the same time that sightings were reported on Loch Ness in Scotland and the
whole event was put to rest by high school science teacher, Bud Farrell, who explained
the impossibility of such a creature being in Lake Charles. The chance that
there is some sort of abominable snowman being in the region seem extremely
remote and the only information about any sighting comes from an excitable
group of teenagers still some people are jumping on the bandwagon and passing
the rumors along.
The police department has been
understandably skeptical about the whole situation but they still they have
sent out officers to investigate the reports. “We are looking into the claims
and will put every effort into finding out the truth here,” said Police Chief
William Wilkens, “We don’t want to become part of some high school prank but
many people have asked us about the stories and we plan to get to the bottom of
them.”
As with every great mystery, there
are many different angles and several inexplicable conditions. It seems the
case of the East
Farewell Abominable Snowman will have to wait for some more information before it can be
resolved. Rest assured, though, both the public and the police are going to
continue to investigate this very strange tale.
Strange tracks
in the glen
SPORTS
COUGARS GET BACK ON TRACK
East Farewell – The Cougars came home after a split
road trip that saw them lose their first two games of the season. The home gym
was a welcome venue for the team that faced a very strong Slate Mountain Miners
team. The Cougars were able to get back into their rhythm and took control of
the game early. The “big three”, Hawkins, Tasker and Mitchell, set up in the
forecourt and were able to work the ball around, eat up the clock and score
when they wanted. The first half ended with a commanding Cougar lead, 26-20. In
the second half was a little more tilted toward the Miners because Coach Wilson
started playing his second string in the third quarter. The bench players,
Wendell Williams, Robbie O’Shea and Walter Ferguson, played very well and with
the excellent backcourt play by Mackenzie and Fox the Miners were unable to
make a serious run. As time wound down Ferguson made one last shot from almost
half court and it went in. “He wasn’t
trying to add insult to injury, he is a senior who doesn’t get to play much and
this was his one moment. After the game I talked to the other coach and made
sure he knew there were no bad feelings. We both know we have a long rivalry
and he was not happy. He did say ‘We’ll get you next time’ I like that,” said
Coach Wilson after the game.
The
Cougars stay home next week and host the Central Bears who are currently right
in the middle of the standings in the league but always present a challenge for
the Cougars. The game is on Friday night starting at 7:05PM in the Regional
High Gymnasium.
NATIONAL NEWS
IKE REVIEWS ANTI-AMERICAN CUBAN CAMPAIGN
& SIGNS US-JAPAN SECURITY TREATY – NIXON CAST DOUBT ON NEW RUSSIAN WEAPON –
FRENCH EXTREMISTS BATTLE POLICE IN ALGIERS
President
Eisenhower urgently reviews the anti-American campaign in Cuba during a
conference. He says he is perplexed by the anti-American campaign of Cuban
Prime Minister Castro, but says he rejects using force or economic reprisals to
censure Castro.
Later,
President Eisenhower and Japanese Premier Kishi sign a U.S.-Japan mutual
security treaty. In it, the two nations promise to co-operate economically and
to settle any disputes between them by peaceful means.
Vice
President Richard Nixon declares it inconceivable that Russia could have a new
weapon devastating enough to give the Soviet Union the confidence to make a
surprise attack on the United States.
Thousands
of French extremists battle police in Algiers with submachine guns and
tear gas, seizing several city blocks in a right wing uprising against
President de Gaulle. Over 20 persons are killed. In Paris, de Gaulle called for
restored order. He indicated that he would not budge from his intention to give
Algeria the right of self-determination.
Many, many
thanks to www.mrpopculture.com for
contributing to this section of the East Farewell News.
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