Weird Animal Seen at Night—Correct Time for Such Things Great consternation was caused Kowloon City one night recently when many excited people claimed to have seen a strange and mysterious animal variously described as a bear, a kangaroo, and an orang outing. The animal is said to have seated itself on the hillside in full view of Hokyuen village, near Bailey's Shipyard on the Kowloon City Road. One witness, says the "China Mail" thinks that the animal was a full grown man-eating tiger, but is not sure owing to the distance. He could see no stripes and the animal's coat was of a dark brown. He estimates the my-serious animal fo have been about seven feet long and 3} feet high. Armed police were at once sent out but on arrival at the village. behold the beast had vanished! Excited villagers stated that it had sat for a long while on its haunches like a man, with its fore: legs hanging down by its side. It had, they said, a peculiarly long nose. All the noise they had been able to make with gongs had failed to scare it away. It was, they averred, in full view for a long time before it eventually strolled away and disappeared into the gathering gloom. No one was able to decide the exact nature of the animal but all were agreed that it was a huge thing of very brutal appearance. If it' was not a tiger, what was 2t? the villagers asked themselves. Some replied that it was an extra ordinarily huge bear, others that it was an orang outing. and yet others that it was a kangaroo. Hungreds saw it. What was it?
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