Water Monster · New York · 1888

NY-1888ID case-90c039f28aFallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

Creature: Water Monster
When: Jun 1888to the month
Where: New Yorkfallback location
Reports: 2 documents1 independent

The account

Captain Traut and Chief Officer Muir of the steamship Venetia reported seeing a large round body with rough, scaly skin above the water surface before it sank.

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Details

Creature: Water Monster
Where: New York, 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: Jun 1888
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-90c039f28a

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Source trail (1)

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Image 6 of New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.]), June 23, 1888
Newspaper · 1888-06-23
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