Water Monster · 1856

XX-1856ID case-f23442875fAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

The account

Witness reports a credible man with his two sons saw a serpent follow their boat and swim slowly by.

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

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Creature: Water Monster
Where: No dependable place
The account doesn't say where in words we can place, so it isn't drawn on the map; the map lists it under Cases with no resolvable place. Other Water Monster reports with no place (45)
When: Oct 1856
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (5 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 30, 2026
Case id: case-f23442875f

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Down the rabbit hole → 5 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.

Image 1 of Staunton spectator (Staunton, Va.), October 15, 1856
Newspaper · 1856-10-15
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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