Water Monster · North Pacific Ocean · 1899

NOR-1899ID case-588aa57819Fallback locationAdded to map Nov 6, 2026

Creature: Water Monster
When: Jun 1899to the month
Where: North Pacific Oceanfallback location
Reports: 1 document1 independent

The account

Witness reports a vessel in the North Pacific sighted a singular animal with a long neck and head rising out of the water, which was pronounced a sea serpent by the men.

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Details

Creature: Water Monster
Where: North Pacific Ocean
mapped to country level · from the sea or ocean named in the report (exact place not found)
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the sea or ocean named in the report (exact place not found).
When: Jun 1899
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Nov 6, 2026
Case id: case-588aa57819

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Source trail (1)

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Image 4 of The sun (New York [N.Y.]), June 20, 1899
Newspaper · 1899-06-20
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