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Other Aquatic · New Haven, Connecticut · 1889

CT-1889ID case-8bedb6889bFallback locationAdded to map Oct 9, 2026
Creature
Other Aquatic
When
May 27, 1889to the day
Where
New Haven, Connecticutfallback location
Reports
2 documents1 independent

The account

Witness reports a twenty-foot long snake-like creature carrying a dog crossed a road and entered Fiddle Lake.

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

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Details

Creature
Other Aquatic
Where
New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 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
May 27, 1889
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-8bedb6889b

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Source trail (2)

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 1 of Morning journal and courier (New Haven [Conn.]), May 27, 1889
    Newspaper · 1889-05-27
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
  2. Image 3 of Herald and news (West Randolph, Vt.), June 6, 1889
    Newspaper · 1889-06-06

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