the monster gave forth a very strong, inexplicable light, as described in the reports of several captains. This fantastic irradiation must have been produced by some tremendously powerful illuminating agent.
Godzilla gives off such a light from underwater in the first "Gojira" movie (released in October 1954) and in the famous Disney adaptation of Twenty Thousand Leagues (released December 1954), in which the Nautilus is powered by atomic energy.
A little later in this passage: "And if it does have the ability to give an electric shock, then it will be the most terrible beast ever to have sprung from the Creator’s hand."
