Water Monster · Madagascar · 1889

MAD-1889ID case-e75fb9e362Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

Creature: Water Monster
When: 1889to the year
Where: Madagascarfallback location
Reports: 1 document1 independent

The account

Mr. [name] reports that he and two companions in Majanga, Madagascar, witnessed a 100-foot sea serpent in Bambataska Bay which they shot at with rifles but could not harm.

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Details

Creature: Water Monster
Where: Madagascar
mapped to country level · from the country named in the report (exact place not found)
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the country named in the report (exact place not found).
When: 1889
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Oct 30, 2026
Case id: case-e75fb9e362

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Source trail (1)

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Image 14 of The Pacific commercial advertiser (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands), January 17, 1909, (SECOND SECTION)
Newspaper · 1909-01-17
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