Water Monster · Nevada City, California · 1852

CA-1852ID case-e0ef54c5b9First-hand accountFallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

Creature: Water Monster
When: Apr 1852to the month
Where: Nevada City, Californiafallback location
Reports: 2 documents1 independent

The account

The narrator and crew observed a massive, snake-like creature in the ocean that rose from the water, moved sideways, and was eventually pursued by boats before disappearing.

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Details

Creature: Water Monster
Where: Nevada City, Nevada County, California, 95959, 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: Apr 1852
Account: First-hand (the witness telling it)
Backed by: 1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 30, 2026
Case id: case-e0ef54c5b9

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Source trail (1)

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Image 1 of The Nevada journal (Nevada City, Calif.), April 8, 1852
Newspaper · 1852-04-08
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