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Other / Unknown · Crosswick, Ohio · 1882

OH-1882ID case-0d3408b0c3Added to map Oct 14, 2026
Creature
Other / Unknown
When
May 26, 1882to the day
Where
Crosswick, Ohioto town level
Reports
2 documents1 independent

The account

Witnesses report two boys fishing in a creek were attacked by a huge, snakelike monster with limbs that dragged one boy into a hollow tree.

Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect

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Details

Creature
Other / Unknown
Where
Crosswick, Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, 45068, United States
mapped to town level · from the report's own words
When
May 26, 1882
Account
Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by
1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map
Oct 14, 2026
Case id
case-0d3408b0c3

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Source trail (2)

Down the rabbit hole → 2 documents, and how they connect

Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.

  1. Ohio's Strange Menagerie of Reptilian and Amphibian Monsters - The Loveland Frog, the Crosswick Monster and the Red-Eyed Reptile of Bellbrook
    Reddit · 2024-12-11
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
  2. Ohio's Strange Menagerie of Reptilian and Amphibian Monsters
    Reddit · 2024-12-11

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