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Other / Unknown · Litchfield, Connecticut · 1867

CT-1867ID case-3beadd0375Added to map Oct 11, 2026
Creature
Other / Unknown
When
Oct 1867to the month
Where
Litchfield, Connecticutto county level
Reports
3 documents1 independent

The account

A. Boardman reports seeing a large, shining black snake near an elm tree in Canaan, Connecticut, which he believes sucks milk from cows.

Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect · 1 cited source not found yet

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Details

Creature
Other / Unknown
Where
Litchfield, Connecticut, 06759, United States
mapped to county level · from the report's own words, generalized to a larger area
When
Oct 1867
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 11, 2026
Case id
case-3beadd0375

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Source trail (2)

Down the rabbit hole → 3 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. Image 2 of Prescott journal (Prescott, Wis.), October 19, 1867
    Newspaper · 1867-10-19
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
  2. Image 3 of The Shasta courier (Shasta, Calif.), October 26, 1867
    Newspaper · 1867-10-26

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