Page 161born-digital extractionThe LONDON fiMES frr11 drew notice to the "Aurora Uurc<~lh' ' on Jul) 2nd (p.l2). Descrip tions hy currc>P<mdcnh lll11 >1rdiC tlw hrlllloncc of tho plwnornmu whrch w,., seen by rn,my . Orr tho 3rd (p .l2), h w,,; ollllihmcd to "curlnu; su n uflcet>": Jrld , In the sltmc l1suc (n.IO), " report f•rlln lrol.uul ounflr 1111 both the nocturrMI lllurn hM rlo111 .rnd lh <· 'lght lhK 11f bt iiii,Jnt mctuor>. "Tiw RcccrH Nutuunul Gl11w1" .nc lu11 hur dl<cu;scd J> >tln1C t hln~ uf J myucry In th e II MI·S ol )Ul)• 4 ih. I he ;clcnthts ol l h ~ British Astronumlcal A;sucl,ulon, coml· dared the glows to be 'aurorJI'. Prot. ~owlrr h•d predicted oturor.ol dl5j~lJY• for that lime, .rnd lhNc wn d "plainly mat~cd, dl\lurb•ncc of the m.t&nct," th,u nlsht. What h<rthrr· ed them wa~ when the glow; were 11111 •i>iblt• the nt>.l night ''bu r the magnets wtrc cxccptlonJII) quiet" The rc.tdcr is then ~dvisl'd the glows arc merely a prolonged 1 wiiiJht that "sum~ trmpmarv condition of the ~tmosphl.'fc made this twlll8hl much brl(!hter and redder than u1ual" T h cr~ is no •usscstlon of ih being the resu lt of rnctcors nor comets nor bit~ of corncu. Indeed, It took another twen ty years lor ltlcntlsts to lc.trn thn there h•d been an cxplo1lon over the taii!J of Siberia. However, there II ,, stroroK " ' Kgestlon tha1 It w .os sl rnll ~ r 1 0 an earlier event, Krukau)l) I llcrcln we lind the my>lcry ut the 1 un~uska ovonl . The glow< were l•vournbly con1p~rcd to dust cluud~ dl a very high .tltltudc ;pcwcd forth by Km~atc,~ O\\lng 10 their lurid colour •nd lu thclo growing l>rightne\\ Jftcr normal twilight II I; expldlncd In the TIMES •nlclc th•r It wd) UQ I until the third chutt around the canh tiW 1he cluuth frunt KOJkdtu• ruched the British hies while IPrc•dlng 11 J Spl'Cd ol 80 moles per hour ~nd \Preading .tcross the latitudes I hlw~ICI, the clnud; ot d• 111 from Kr.tl.atoa were ~ecn all o1cr the lluhc, .rnd, these new sl.y-gloW\ were JPPatonlly conllncd ttl the 1~1r' ol Curop~. even tho lh~ dun cloud, lrorn Slbcrl• (If th•• w.r' wh•t tht•y wcr~) lld>cllod .1t the rrudiglotr> we of 220 mile> per hour. Why were the <l.y·gluw> CdU<cd by I un~u \kd cun(incu lo Euwpo url\1 not >Ccrt 1 11 tltc Americus u1 In Asl11? l'hc mystery ,11 seer' In 1908 Wdl onr y slightly dllforon t. ''W e lhu• sec th•H diUancc Is no obll.tCic In vast cos1 nl · cal phenomena ot th is kind , whiCh •rc world·cmbracmg. Nn volcanic outburst ol abnormal violence h." been reponed l.rttl)•; there hrtvc, howevrr, heen •omc rnoder.rtt outbur<h in tlw P.clfrc: during thc spring, •nd It I• rm,Jhl~ th<~tthc du,t may ha•e reached us from thc~e, or lrorn \Orne unreported eruption In some lilllt·knuwn region of the wor ld." LONDON rtMt:S, Ju ly 4 1908, p. 16 c. 4 VO L<:I\NOES : I:Miy In tho morninJ! ol r obruMy 20th, the allegedly cxtlr,.t vulc.cno Sin la In rho I•V•l Olong ''"' K " In cent ral )6V • wont Into ,, violent uruptlon k llll n ~ 182 fiCO J>Ic "" d ln)u o lng ntunv more. Poi!>O nous gases and llowlng l1ov• c•nsht m•nv J\lccp and h~l lorccd the ovdou.uion Ill 9,00U 01 rnorc I rom thl' .rrc•, IIOKONl O !>11\R, fcbru.uy 21, n.i\221 lly the 24th, r1 w•~ "'"' rupurtcd tllAI nerghhuurrn• ~ l krcJ"nll ,,.,., ,.., ,,1"' uupton)l •nd •Pcwin~ lt~lh thot~ cklud, ol bl,of~ '"'"L.'• Hh onh t unn-=,ll•lli hciW\"l•n lh\ two \nit '"'"'"'• .tu.nfthnlt It• ~·cnli~t-t'. \\nufcJ J'fnhthh tH .- 'uhll'll.utt·.•n lin I tl OltO'I 10 (,1 OBI \II.U \11\lf ., I •·hr~w1 N J1 lr ,, , · \J'III\-'1 •t•U ht 'h\.' 'oU\Idl'O t'l U fliHIU\ \11. tt' 11UI l111 ",11 d ll~A~ I l> 0 1 Hit m LD )c.ln·I•"'IU•• tlo1rlrry Wrote! (on hbruMy IHth) lh • • Or. ll••ln11n Sic ~ . ,, Gctm.tn t1rln th Q I ~gb l, dlscuvcrcd the h.rbholl uf rho I.e<~~'; M.oo.tw (Aoodnrhyrrchu' l~arl) In rlw • l ~ l c ol B. l hl ~ . In Br.s>ll . Pr eviously, thl' p.rrot Wd> nnly known In In o.tptlvo "~ ' ~ .1nd ob111lncu frolll l oe~l rr~dcrs. l) r. Sill. h.t> now 1ucn a' m~ny ,., .s ;core together In the wild . 1 hey mu>vrc 75 ecntlmclcr"S In lcn~t h Jnd po;scss J nou blue p l um~gc. R.uc bird' ;ecm IU ha1c been •howlng ut>ln the la>l lew months. Bctwccn No•rlllbCf 19th And December I u, • ltos;\ gull ,.,., o;ccn on the shore' of L~~c Michix•n "' ClriCdKO lr hu only been ~nonce before In 1975 nc~r Bolton when It came south from liS Arctic habitat, (NEW YORK TIMtS, December 3, p. 26, Jnd, December 17, p. 49). In November, Rhode hland was visited by a white pelican nativc to the Gulf of Mexico, • South 1\fric•n shelduck, and a European barnJclc goose, (NFW YORK TIM FS, November 26, p. 62). On December 3111, ,, Rld r•rdl(m's owl was phoh>graphcd ill Sulh· bury, Massachusc11s, for the first time tn g6 year;. And, soon aft crwdld ~, a tall• gr ea t gr ~y owl wd~ spon cd "' the M ,llnc Audobon Society hcadqunrters lrr Fulmouth. Colder w~a t hcr rs s•ld to hBvc driven lhcsc owls furth er south than U>UBI, (BOSTON <.LOBii , J•nuary 6, p J; SOU III M IO OL(~~X NE\VS, MA, J•nUilry 2S , p. SA) (CR · L Coleman). An t:lsht•pound .nrrr•dillu w•ndcred ,.-oo;s c f~wn In Hollhton, Ma>IJChu~eiiS, oo December 23rd It wu \OOn ddopted Into thr huu~ehold until lh O<igin~l owner cnuld be found, or could It be 4 "'ere-Jrmadlllo1 (South Mlddlesc~ New\, MA, December 24. p. I: CR L Culcman), Ncar MMitowuo, WI\Consln, (In e.r1y November?). ~ hun ter lpOIIod • •1 0 Inch long •lligatot on the b.10k1 u( the Munhow•lC. I I~ doftl y uc~ u gl ll it by damping hi< h,snd nvor hi cln•cd muuth, (ihc boll w.cy 10 kocp rrorn holng blllcn), •nd he mr• t:l• \lore tu brinK It horne so as not to suffer the sk ept ic~· ~u!f.sws. Nu c1nc scorn bulhcrcd by the laet such un JCtlon isn't eovcrcd by ~Jmc or cndnn~crcd spoc;ics statutes, (SAN FRANCISCO t.HRONit..LE , November 6; CR: L Colcrnon). In •••Stern Colorado, Bigfoot I> being hunted by the mto\ l)lvl,lon nt Wildlife However, it's not the samr bls fool belunslng tu the S.II<Jt..uch. "This RIOU>• onco occupied tht ull KfiliS o~nd ~~<et mc•dow h•bit:ats In Color.1do, but I can't Ond ~ny really confirmed slghtlngs since about 1955," say; Steve Bissell, .1 non·gamc mammal speclall!l, (OIARLOT rE rOWN PMRIO I , Janudly 27). Since Docembrr 21<1, rhcre h.o ve hccn ,, dlllen slghthrJ!> or '' Knobby'', ,, humlnld creature dt«rlbed • • being ~lx fcut 1 ~ 11 . '200 to 300 pound• In weigh I, .rnd covered in bl ack fur. Cht h tonctl aft er C.upumor'S Knoh, In Cleveland C:oum y, Norr h Cnrollrlil , lh u crcnwru I MS become mo>t nuticonblu hy howling .u night. Most h.1cul resident; prclcr ''' wn,Jdcr "Knuhhy" 10 i"'' he,, hl•,u: hut, ofler 11 dead gfl•l w.ts tnund un f,onu.cry 14 th, IIJLk' wen· luund by,, ...,,,rch pMty h um C.c\dr In th;• vl<lcrHv nf I nluto They ,.~ tlwy w•tr<• ••111'·11~,. IIJ\.h, ''('I In Wl\! fC!'UII tht• lfdCk' .trt' dt'\U rtK•tJ ·'' •·.11 lt•,t,l .1~ l.u~"' ~h .1 m.tn\ h.10d o~nd ~mit.uly ~.attrd, C\Cn v..nh _. thumb ·hkc lllntu•torn" llcrw mJny .tre u.cck' they ho~w ""'n bdurt' I\ run Ct:rl,un: the 1,111\IOn tC'-tdcm "'hu lnund lh,•m dtd nnl "'~· ICA~IU'I f 1\ t . A/~ rrt , NC:, )dltu••v 17; (I( I t\cf,,m,, UURII \M MOlt Nil\(., HHtAt U N(.., f,onu.H 1 171