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It's been 63 years since the so-called Nith River Monster shocked and delighted New Hamburg residents in the summer 1953 but John Neilson and many other locals still remember the excitement of 1953.
A handful of boys are pictured here with a crocodile made of dough by local baker John Nielson, Sr., a baker who worked in downtown New Hamburg at the time.
As the town enjoyed the tale of this so-called monster, the elder Nielson decided to get in on the fun by baking up a crocodile, painting it, then placing it on a small island in the middle of the Nith near the Harman Bridge downtown, remembered his son John when he brought this photo to the Independent last week.
The edible reptile was part of a busy summer that saw Tuffy Truesdell, the self-proclaimed “world’s greatest alligator wrestler,†arrive in New Hamburg to help search for the Nith River Monster. Tuffy brought his very own alligator, and local kids also got to get close and even pick up an alligator that had its mouth tied shut, Nielson remembered.
Pictures here, from left, are Ken Richler, Howard Reibling, John Nielson, Jim Cockerton, Bob Ruthig and Craig Thomas, who is the son of George Thomas, New Hamburg's long-time police chief who has long been suspected in creating the monster hoax that put New Hamburg in headlines across Canada.
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