Water Monster · Willmar, Minnesota · 1901

MN-1901ID case-e7be059a2dFallback locationAdded to map Oct 11, 2026

The account

Witnesses report a large animal or fish swimming back and forth in the lake at Backe, Brunflo, creating waves around it.

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Creature: Water Monster
Where: Willmar, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, 56201, 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: Aug 15, 1901
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Oct 11, 2026
Case id: case-e7be059a2d

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Image 3 of Willmar tribune (Willmar, Minn.), September 18, 1901
Newspaper · 1901-09-18
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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