Water Monster · Saint Helena, Saint Helena · 1857

ASC-1857ID case-24d9ab9d63Added to map Oct 30, 2026

Creature: Water Monster
When: 1857to the year
Where: Saint Helena, Saint Helenato state level
Reports: 3 documents1 independent

The account

Captain and officers of the Castillian sighted a huge marine animal that reared its head out of the water, which they concluded was 200 feet long and belonged to the serpent tribe.

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Details

Creature: Water Monster
Where: Saint Helena, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
mapped to state level · from the report's own words
When: 1857
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 30, 2026
Case id: case-24d9ab9d63

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Source trail (3)

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Image 3 of The organized farmer (Red Wing, Minn.), January 8, 1920
Newspaper · 1920-01-08
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Image 3 of The Oakes times (Oakes, N.D.), March 18, 1920
Newspaper · 1920-03-18
Image 5 of The Oakes times (Oakes, N.D.), March 18, 1920
Newspaper · 1920-03-18

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