Other Aquatic · Canton, Illinois · 1899

IL-1899ID case-55f1d8b481First-hand accountFallback locationAdded to map Nov 7, 2026

Creature: Other Aquatic
When: Aug 1899to the month
Where: Canton, Illinoisfallback location
Reports: 2 documents1 independent

The account

Witnesses on a steamer observed a large, glossy black aquatic creature with an alligator-like snout and goggle eyes that propelled itself like a turtle.

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Details

Creature: Other Aquatic
Where: Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, 61520, 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: Aug 1899
Account: First-hand (the witness telling it)
Backed by: 1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Nov 7, 2026
Case id: case-55f1d8b481

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Source trail (1)

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Image 4 of Canton weekly register (Canton, Ill.), August 3, 1899
Newspaper · 1899-08-03
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