Other Aquatic · North Pacific Ocean · 1849

NOR-1849ID case-fd9330e227Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

The account

Capt. Eerriman saw a strange creature stretching along the water for thirty feet or more with its head lifted and a mane.

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Creature: Other Aquatic
Where: North Pacific Ocean
mapped to country level · from the sea or ocean named in the report (exact place not found)
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the sea or ocean named in the report (exact place not found).
When: Feb 24, 1849
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 30, 2026
Case id: case-fd9330e227

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Image 2 of The Opelousas courier (Opelousas, La.), September 27, 1890
Newspaper · 1890-09-27
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