Canada’s East Coast. Sightings have been reported as late as 1974. Its appearance at that time was a ship ablaze from hull to stem, and traveling at a fast rate of speed. It was on September 14, 1974, when a foot patrol in the Waterford area of Prince Edward Island, that federal fishery officers, E.P. Tremblay, R.A Eldershaw and T. Douglas, watched from the shore what

appeared to be a burning ship several miles offshore. It remained in view for a short time, then suddenly

disappeared. Then on a clear night on September 29, aboard the patrol boat ”Obelia” with Captain C. Bernard, and the three officers the ship suddenly appeared again.The captain and officers judged the ship to be about three miles off shore, approximately six miles north of Tignish harbour in about seven

fathoms of water. It seemed to be, according to the captain and officers, about

three miles outside of the Obelia, sailing towards the open sea. The full line of the ship was visible to them as it sailed away. The fire in the sails and mask at that time looked very real to each one of them. Captain Bernard immediately altered course and headed towards the ship at full speed, approximately eighteen to twenty knots and held that speed for thirty minutes. They did not appear to be getting closer and finally the burning ship seemed to sail right into the water, and gradually

disappeared until the tops of the mask were out of sight. The officers who had been patrolling the area at different

times of the day and night, as part of their duties since 1963 had never seen anything like it before, and it left a lasting impression on each one of them.

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