Water Monster · Washington, District of Columbia · 1934

WA-1934ID case-e6f8402a36Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

The account

Capt. Lorenz von Perry and 10 sailors claimed to have seen a sea serpent with a head like a horse's and a long white mane.

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Creature: Water Monster
Where: Washington, District of Columbia, 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 1934
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Oct 30, 2026
Case id: case-e6f8402a36

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Image 27 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 16, 1934
Newspaper · 1934-04-16
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