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Other / Unknown · Kentucky · 1843

KY-1843ID case-8eb34a51c7Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 8, 2026
Creature
Other / Unknown
When
Jun 23, 1843to the day
Where
Kentuckyfallback location
Reports
3 documents1 independent

The account

Witnesses report seeing a large, dark, snake-like animal with a silvery ring on its neck swimming in the river near the Indiana shore.

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

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Details

Creature
Other / Unknown
Where
Kentucky
mapped to state level · from the state named in the report (exact place not found)
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the state named in the report (exact place not found).
When
Jun 23, 1843
Account
Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by
1 independent source (3 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map
Oct 8, 2026
Case id
case-8eb34a51c7

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Source trail (1)

Down the rabbit hole → 3 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 3 of Ponola [sic] weekly register (Ponola [sic], Miss.), July 8, 1843
    Newspaper · 1843-07-08
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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