Other / Unknown · Umbilo River, KwaZulu-Natal · 1860

SOU-1860ID case-18e03bc9f3Added to map Oct 31, 2026

The account

A Khoikhoi person named Plache reported seeing a snake over thirty feet long crossing the Umbilo river and entering reeds near the narrator's hut.

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Creature: Other / Unknown
Where: Umbilo River, Hillary, eThekwini Ward 65, Durban, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, 4006, South Africa
mapped to approximate level · from the report's own words
When: Feb 1860
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (3 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 31, 2026
Case id: case-18e03bc9f3

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Image 1 of The weekly Anglo-African (New York [N.Y.]), February 18, 1860
Newspaper · 1860-02-18
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