Other Aquatic · Washington, District of Columbia · 1909

WA-1909ID case-3b3051c999Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 8, 2026

Creature: Other Aquatic
When: Jul 11, 1909to the day
Where: Washington, District of Columbiafallback location
Reports: 2 documents1 independent

The account

Capt. Ross reports that his crew encountered a strange fish resembling neither a whale nor any known species, which displayed a fierce face with large eyes before sinking out of sight.

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Details

Creature: Other Aquatic
Where: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
mapped to town level · from the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen.
When: Jul 11, 1909
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 8, 2026
Case id: case-3b3051c999

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Source trail (2)

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Image 8 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), August 15, 1909
Newspaper · 1909-08-15
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
Image 6 of The Loup City northwestern (Loup City, Neb.), August 19, 1909
Newspaper · 1909-08-19

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