Other / Unknown · Oroville, California · 1855

CA-1855ID case-e0b8d08475Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

The account

A stranger described a snake in the West that had the power of separating itself into several parts and uniting again at its pleasure.

See the source ↓ one document so far, so there is no trail to follow yet

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Creature: Other / Unknown
Where: Oroville, Butte County, California, 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: Nov 1855
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Oct 30, 2026
Case id: case-e0b8d08475

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Image 1 of Butte record (Bidwell, Butte County, Cal.), November 24, 1855
Newspaper · 1855-11-24
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