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The story of the mysterious sea serpent of Stronsay

The Scotsman

TWO hundred and ten years ago, the scientific world was rocked by the news that a sea serpent had washed up off the coast of Orkney. The Stronsay Beast, as it would come to be known, was discovered in the aftermath of a winter storm in 1808.