Water Monster · Brazil · 1906

BRA-1906ID case-b7b901c2d7Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

The account

Two zoologists reported seeing a great fin and an enormous head rise from the water near their yacht.

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Creature: Water Monster
Where: Brazil
mapped to country level · from the country named in the report (exact place not found)
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the country named in the report (exact place not found).
When: Dec 7, 1906
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (4 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 30, 2026
Case id: case-b7b901c2d7

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Down the rabbit hole → 4 documents, and how they connect

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Image 13 of The Ordway new era (Ordway, Colo.), September 26, 1913
Newspaper · 1913-09-26
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