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Other Aquatic · Long Key, Florida · 1923

FL-1923ID case-eca022cc74Added to map Oct 9, 2026
Creature
Other Aquatic
When
Jun 1923to the month
Where
Long Key, Floridato approximate level
Reports
3 documents2 independent

The account

Witnesses report a 40,000-pound sea monster was harpooned and killed off Long Key, Florida, after a 12-hour fight.

Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect

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Details

Creature
Other Aquatic
Where
Long Key, Monroe County, Florida, 33001, United States
mapped to approximate level · from the report's own words
When
Jun 1923
Account
Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by
2 independent sources (3 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map
Oct 9, 2026
Case id
case-eca022cc74

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Source trail (3)

Down the rabbit hole → 3 documents, and how they connect

Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.

  1. Image 3 of The Bismarck tribune (Bismarck, N.D.), June 19, 1923
    Newspaper · 1923-06-19
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
  2. Image 11 of New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.), June 20, 1923
    Newspaper · 1923-06-20
  3. Image 6 of Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.), June 20, 1923
    Newspaper · 1923-06-20

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