resists plesiosaur

The snakelike neck and head had struck again, and this time Kong charged to meet them. Kong’s hands seized on the beast’s neck and he heaved, but the reptilian horror must have wrapped its tail on some rock at the bottom of the pool. It resisted, pulled back, nearly toppled Kong into the water. Kong fought with flashing teeth and mighty blows of his fists. His feet gripped the uneven rocks at the margin of the pool, withstanding his enemy’s attempts to pull him into its own element.
The monster coiled its neck around one of Kong’s pillarlike legs and sank its teeth into the flesh of his thigh. Kong snarled in fury and reached to try to grasp the monster’s head. The creature had given up trying to haul Kong down.


Merian C. Cooper's King Kong, Chapter 17