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The Flying Stingaree By: Harold L. Goodwin (1914-1990) |
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BY JOHN BLAINE A RICK BRANT SCIENCE ADVENTURE STORY GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK, N. Y. BY GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC., 1963 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Printed in the United States of America
[Transcriber's note: Extensive research found no evidence
that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] To
my sons,
Chris and Derek,
who have watched the stingarees
from the sun deck of the
cruising houseboat
Spindrift
THE FLYING STINGAREE
What's shaped like a sting ray and flies over Chesapeake Bay? This is
the eerie riddle which confronts Rick Brant and his friend Don Scott
when, seeking shelter from a storm, they anchor the houseboat
Spindrift in a lonely cove along the Maryland shore and spot the
flying stingaree. The "thing," they learn, is not the only one of its kind one is
actually suspected of having kidnaped a man! The residents of the Eastern Shore of Maryland believe the strange
objects are flying saucers, but, weary of ridicule, have ceased
reporting the sightings. Rick and Scotty, their scientific curiosity aroused, begin a
comprehensive investigation, encouraged by their friend Steve Ames, a
young government intelligence agent, whose summer cottage is near the
cove. As the clues mount up, the trail leads to Calvert's Favor, a historic
plantation house and to the very bottom of Chesapeake Bay. How Rick and
Scotty, at the risk of their lives, ground the eerie menace forever
makes a tale of high voltage suspense.
[Illustration: Little Choptank River ]
Contents
I CHESAPEAKE BAY II THE FLYING STINGAREE III ORVIL HARRIS, CRABBER IV STEVE'S PLACE V THE FACE IS FAMILIAR VI THE SAUCER SIGHTERS VII SIGHTING DATA VIII CALVERT'S FAVOR IX THE DUCK BLIND X KEN HOLT COMES THROUGH XI ON THE BOTTOM XII NIGHT RECOVERY XIII THE NIGHT WATCHERS XIV DAYBREAK XV THE EMPTY BOAT XVI STEVE WAITS IT OUT XVII CROWD AT MARTINS CREEK XVIII THE STINGAREE'S TAIL XIX LUCKY LEFTY XX HUNT THE WIDE WATERS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Little Choptank River Scotty fitted the camera to the telescope Now to find out what he had The flying stingaree lifted him
CHAPTER I Chesapeake Bay
The stingaree swam slowly through the warm waters of Chesapeake Bay.
Geography meant nothing to the ray, whose sole interest in life was
food, but his position had he known it was in the channel that runs
between Poplar Island and the town of Wittman on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland. The ray was also directly in the path of an odd looking
cruising houseboat, the Spindrift , that had just rounded the north
point of Poplar Island and entered the channel. The sting ray's color was an olive brown, so dark in tone that he looked
like wet black leather. He was roughly diamond shaped, like a kite, with
rounded sides. He had a long, slim tail that carried vicious barbs along
the base of its upper side. It was from the barbs, which served as
defensive weapons, that the name sting ray, or stingaree, derived. The
ray was harmless to men unless one chanced to step on him as he lay
resting on the bottom ooze. At such rare times, his tail would lash up,
inflicting a serious and painful wound. A tiny crab, hatched only a week before, swam upward toward the gleaming
surface, his churning legs making a slight disturbance. The ray sensed
the small vibrations and instantly changed course, speeding through the
water like a fantastic spaceship of the future. Intent on the crab, the
ray ignored the stronger vibrations caused by a pair of outboard motors
and a long, flat bottomed hull. Not until the crab was within reach did
the ray sense imminent danger. With a single flashing movement, he
snatched the crab and flung himself upward through the shining surface
and into the air... Continue reading book >>
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