Water Monster · Camden, South Carolina · 1841

SC-1841ID case-6356e2154bFallback locationAdded to map Oct 11, 2026

The account

Witnesses who believe in the existence of a huge sea monster claim it was seen from time to time in Boston Bay.

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Creature: Water Monster
Where: Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina, 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: Jul 1841
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 11, 2026
Case id: case-6356e2154b

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Down the rabbit hole → 2 documents, and how they connect

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Image 2 of The Camden journal (Camden, S.C.), July 28, 1841
Newspaper · 1841-07-28
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