Water Monster · Ripley, Mississippi · 1845

MS-1845ID case-4e96847f7aFallback locationAdded to map Nov 5, 2026

Creature: Water Monster
When: 1845to the year
Where: Ripley, Mississippifallback location
Reports: 1 document1 independent

The account

Witness reports that monster bones found by Dr. [name] in Alabama have been arranged and exhibited in New York, with the animal claimed to measure at least one hundred and twenty-five feet long.

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Details

Creature: Water Monster
Where: Ripley, Tippah County, Mississippi, 38663, 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: 1845
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Nov 5, 2026
Case id: case-4e96847f7a

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Source trail (1)

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Image 4 of The Ripley advertiser (Ripley, Miss.), October 11, 1845
Newspaper · 1845-10-11
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