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Other / Unknown · Strait of Malacca · 1891

STR-1891ID case-890df342a6Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026
Creature
Other / Unknown
When
Oct 1891to the month
Where
Strait of Malaccafallback location
Reports
2 documents1 independent

The account

A sailor in Portland reports capturing a creature that sang and lived in water but could fly, which he kept for about a year.

Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect

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Details

Creature
Other / Unknown
Where
Strait of Malacca
mapped to region 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
Oct 1891
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 30, 2026
Case id
case-890df342a6

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Source trail (1)

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

Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.

  1. Image 4 of The Oregon mist (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.), October 2, 1891
    Newspaper · 1891-10-02
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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