Water Monster · Africa · 1905

AFR-1905ID case-cfdb6fc839Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

Creature: Water Monster
When: Oct 1905to the month
Where: Africafallback location
Reports: 9 documents1 independent

The account

Witness reports an enormous serpent with a dark brown color and yellowish-white throat was seen approaching a warship off the southwest coast of Africa.

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Details

Creature: Water Monster
Where: Africa
mapped to country level · from the region named in the report (exact place not found)
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the region named in the report (exact place not found).
When: Oct 1905
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (9 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 30, 2026
Case id: case-cfdb6fc839

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Source trail (1)

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Image 1 of Yorkville enquirer (Yorkville, S.C.), October 31, 1905
Newspaper · 1905-10-31
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