Other Aquatic reports from the 1840s
13 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Other Aquatic · Seguin, Texas · 1843
Captain Mclntire describes a strange fish near Seguin that was about thirty feet long with a body the size of a tan boat and striped like a tiger.
Other Aquatic · 1845
Captain McQuhal reported seeing an enormous serpent swimming rapidly towards his ship in 1845.
Other Aquatic · Penobscot River, Maine · 1842
Capt. Silas Hatch reports seeing a large, snake-like creature with a flat head and snakish eyes in the Penobscot River on July 24.
Other Aquatic · Madison, Connecticut · 1843
Witness reports a whale, 50 or 69 feet in length, was seen off Madison on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of the previous week.
Other Aquatic · Lynn, Massachusetts · 1847
Witnesses report seeing a serpent-like creature near Lynn that drove mackerel and lifted dangerous jaws before swimming away.
Other Aquatic · Charleston, South Carolina · 1846
Witness reports that a devil fish entangled in an anchor cable capsized a boat near Charleston, killing one of the fishermen.
Other Aquatic · North Point, Maryland · 1840
Witnesses report that the crew of the schooner Wasp encountered and killed a twelve-foot-long creature with a seal-like head, hard shell, and four fins in the bay near North Point.
Other Aquatic · West Africa · 1848
Captain McQuhae stated that an enormous serpent approached the ship Daedalus with its head held about four feet out of the water.
Other Aquatic · Mineral Park, Arizona · 1848
Captain McQubac and his crew saw a sea serpent more than sixty feet long.
Other Aquatic · New York · 1842
A report from Captnin Fortier describes a sea nymph with the head of a woman and the tail of a fish, three feet long.
Other Aquatic · Kentucky · 1843
Witnesses report seeing a huge snake-like animal near the riverbank that swam across to the Indiana shore.
Other Aquatic · Monticello, Mississippi · 1845
The Boston Eagle reports a sea monster seen in shallow water near the shore, described as fifteen feet long with a spotted hairy coat and a head resembling a lion or bull.
Other Aquatic · North Pacific Ocean · 1849
Capt. Eerriman saw a strange creature stretching along the water for thirty feet or more with its head lifted and a mane.