On this date in Ypsilanti History

Dateline April 15, 1897

Jebediah Ingalls and his family were lost to the Huron River near the big bend by what some locals are calling 'River Monster' (See YCD coverage of the river monster here). The family was travelling by small water craft up the river when suddenly onlookers described screaming, thrashing in the water, chewing noises then a giant gulping sound. "I never seen nothing like it, like some kind of serpent" said Alfred Woodruff "Swallowed 'em up it did". Constables are investigating.