Other Aquatic · Isle of Man, Alba / Scotland · 1700s
UNI-1700ID case-b7d22327efAdded to map Nov 10, 2026
- Creature
- Other Aquatic
- When
- the 1700sto the century
- Where
- Isle of Man, Alba / Scotlandto town level
- Reports
- 1 document1 independent
The account
Witness reports a Tarroo Ushtey was seen crossing the road in Onchan with fire burning in its eyes.
See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet
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Details
- Creature
- Other Aquatic
- Where
- Isle of Man, Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Alba / Scotland, DG1 3TA, United Kingdom
mapped to town level · from the report's own words, generalized to a larger area - When
- the 1700s
- Account
- Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
- Backed by
- 1 independent source
- Added to map
- Nov 10, 2026
- Case id
- case-b7d22327ef
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Source trail (1)
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- Tarroo Ushtey
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Further reading
- On the Track of Unknown Animals, Bernard Heuvelmans (1959)
The founding work of cryptozoology.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Cryptozoology A to Z, Loren Coleman and Jerome Clark (1999)
Encyclopedia of reported creatures.
Borrow on Internet Archive - Abominable Science!, Daniel Loxton and Donald Prothero (2013)
Skeptical history of the Yeti, Nessie and others.
Borrow on Internet Archive - In Search of Prehistoric Survivors, Karl Shuker (1995)
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