The Davis Bay Sea Serpent
The Davis Bay Sea Serpent..... I spent a lot of my life in and around Davis Bay, there are going to be several stories that feature this area. In the winter of 1985, I was bored. I owned a rinky- dink little auto towing business that just squeaked by financially. It was a ton of fun....police calls, repo jobs for GMAC, pulling cars and trucks out the weirdest places....but not much money and a ton of time on my hands. One day in the local paper, I spied a story about an old fella in the neighborhood who swears he saw a sea serpent. So like I said I'm bored, I have some time on my hands and I think to myself. Why not? If he wants so badly to see a sea monster, why not give him one? And the game is on. The idea is to build a fake sea monster and place it out into Georgia Strait for all to see. And for a few brief moments, a legend will live. And the old guy will have his beast. I sketched out some ideas for a low budget design ( having time but no money...you...