Pacific Sea Monster

A group of men show off this sea serpent that washed up on the beach at Ballard, Washington. However, the "sea serpent" appears to be the trunk of a tree.
Links and References
"Sea Serpent #3." Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Archive.
Sloan, M. (1990). Hoaxes, Humbugs, and Spectacles. Villard Books: p.2.
Photo Categories: Staged Scene, Animals, Fish, Very Large Animals, Humor, 1900-1919

More content from the Hoax Museum:

Prof. Wingard's Death Ray Hoax, 1876

The Great Space Monkey Hoax, 1953

The Diaphote, a television hoax, 1880