QIs the original story available online?
AThe story is not yet in the public domain, but it can be found in various collections such as The Golden Apples of the Sun (1953), a collection of 22 of the most famous short stories by Ray Bradbury. 'The Fog Horn can also be found in The Fog Horn & Other Stories (1979) and in Dinosaur Tales (1983), both collections of Bradbury stories.
QWhere did the Beast come from?
AWhile conducting nuclear bomb tests north of the Arctic Circle, researchers unwittingly awaken the Beast from an icecap where it has been hibernating for 100 million years. The Beast then makes its way down the east coast of North America, along the way sinking a fishing boat off the Grand Banks and wrecking a lighthouse in Maine until it finally comes ashore in Manhattan (New York).
ARealizing that they cannot blow up the Beast because of the deadly prehistoric germ it carries, it is decided to shoot a radioactive isotope into the bazooka hole made previously in the monster's neck, on the assumption that the isotope will kill the Rhedosaurus by burning it up from the inside. Sharpshooter Corporal Stone (Lee Van Cleef) is called in. When the Beast attacks the amusement park on Coney Island, Stone and Professor Tom Nesbitt (Paul Hubschmid as Paul Christian) ride a rollercoaster to the top so that Stone can get a clear shot at the creature's neck. Stone is successful, the Beast wallows in pain while destroying the rollercoaster (Stone and Nesbitt manage to climb down) until the Beast finally dies on the beach. In the final scene, Nesbitt and Lee (Paula Raymond) kiss.
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