Water Monster · Región de Valparaíso, Chile · 1872

CHI-1872ID case-5cc4a01576Added to map Oct 9, 2026

Creature: Water Monster
When: 1872to the year
Where: Región de Valparaíso, Chileto state level
Reports: 2 documents1 independent

The account

Captain J. D. White reports seeing two sea serpents off Juan Fernandez in 1872, one of which raised its head and yawned before the crew observed another coiled nearby.

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Details

Creature: Water Monster
Where: Región de Valparaíso, Chile
mapped to state level · from the report's own words, generalized to a larger area
When: 1872
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 9, 2026
Case id: case-5cc4a01576

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Source trail (1)

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Image 3 of The Opelousas journal (Opelousas, La.), February 22, 1873
Newspaper · 1873-02-22
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