Other Aquatic · Massachusetts · 1938
MA-1938ID case-db2f5ecb4eAdded to map Oct 14, 2026
- Creature
- Other Aquatic
- When
- Jul 26, 1938to the day
- Where
- Massachusettsto state level
- Reports
- 2 documents1 independent
The account
The crew of the Giuseppe reported a black winged serpent with a horse-like head emerging from the water.
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Details
- Creature
- Other Aquatic
- Where
- Massachusetts, United States
mapped to state level · from the report's own words, generalized to a larger area - When
- Jul 26, 1938
- 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 14, 2026
- Case id
- case-db2f5ecb4e
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Source trail (2)
Down the rabbit hole → 2 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.
- The Broadway Actor and the Hydroplanic Sea Serpent of the White Star Line
Reddit · 2024-11-30
Earliest found, not necessarily the original. - The Broadway Actor and the Hydroplanic Sea Serpent of the White Star Line
Reddit · 2024-11-30
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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