Other Aquatic reports from the 1870s
33 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 · Cahokia, Illinois · 1877
Witness reports that Mr. [name]'s son Johnny observed a large, winged, reptilian creature with a long neck and bill fighting a bull in a pasture before flying away towards the Mississippi River.
Other Aquatic · Montgomery County, Ohio · 1879
[name] encountered a beast lying secreted behind a drift along a branch and made a hasty retreat.
Other Aquatic · Montgomery County, Ohio · 1876
Young [name] reported that a log-like creature raised its head four feet in the air and vanished into the forest while his dog barked at it.
Other Aquatic · Bolivar, Tennessee · 1873
Witness reports that Reynolds claimed to see a merman or mermaid which disappeared when he returned with companions.
Other Aquatic · Eel River, California · 1878
G. D. Schumacher reports seeing and shooting at a large, crocodile-like aquatic creature with webbed feet while crossing the South Fork of Eel River.
Other Aquatic · Ocklawaha River, Florida · 1870
A gentleman reports that a huge serpent, referred to as a sea devil, appeared in the Ocklawaha river and drove away a large group of alligators.
Other Aquatic · Soquel, California · 1871
Fishermen at Soquel beach caught a strange fish resembling an alligator with horns and two tails.
Other Aquatic · Tar River, North Carolina · 1875
Witness reports the capture of a strange seal-like fish in the Tar River and sightings of another in the Cape Fear River.
Other Aquatic · Bassas da India, Terres australes et antarctiques françaises · 1873
A ship in the Indian Ocean was reportedly dragged over by a sea monster.
Other Aquatic · Swampscott, Massachusetts · 1875
Four ladies and gentlemen plus two sailors saw an animal resembling a sea serpent near Swampscott with a huge head rising from the water.
Other Aquatic · Roanoke Island, North Carolina · 1876
Ephraim Meekins, Jr. found a strange fish on the beach at Roanoke Island.
Other Aquatic · Ravenswood, California · 1871
George Rifenstal claims he shot and killed two large, finless sea monsters in the bay near Ravenswood that were engaged in combat.
Other Aquatic · Bear Lake, Utah · 1874
A Mormon bishop reports seeing a monster serpent inhabiting Bear Lake.
Other Aquatic · Canton, Ohio · 1870
Witness reports that fishermen captured a strange, scaly, serpent-tailed monster in the river opposite Canton which resembles a mythical dragon.
Other Aquatic · Ocean Park, Washington · 1870
A young man recounts encountering a gigantic squid with eight forty-foot arms and a parrot-like beak in the Pacific Ocean.
Other Aquatic · Lake Champlain, Vermont · 1873
The newspaper claims the saurophidian has been seen in Lake Champlain.
Other Aquatic · Rutland County, Vermont · 1873
A party of six fishermen observed something arise about four feet from the water's surface at Linley marsh, causing a great wave.
Other Aquatic · Tampa Bay, Florida · 1879
Captain Falcon and Fred Dawson harpooned and pursued a large devil-fish in Tampa Bay that snapped its line.
Other Aquatic · Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick / Nouveau-Brunswick · 1877
The narrator relays a story about a thrasher monster that got caught on a sand bank and was killed by people on shore after measuring 46 feet in length.
Other Aquatic · New York · 1879
Capt. Foster and passengers report seeing a black whale between Sandy Hook and Rockaway on Thanksgiving Day.
Other Aquatic · Bear Lake, Utah · 1874
A witness reports a monster at Bear Lake, Idaho, described as five feet long with light snuff color, a flat face, blue eyes, and horse-like ears.
Other Aquatic · Suva Harbour, Central · 1878
Witnesses report a creature corresponding to the sea-serpent traveling rapidly along with a mane streaming backwards.
Other Aquatic · 1873
Merollo reports seeing beings in the sea that gathered herbs and plunged into the water.
Other Aquatic · 1879
Witnesses report that the Norwegian bark Columbia was struck by a large fish or sea monster, causing a hole in its bottom and bloody water.
Other Aquatic · Brazil · 1876
The captain saw a monster serpent elevate itself about 60 feet above the water and gaze at the ship.
Other Aquatic · Burlington, Vermont · 1873
Cheriton describes a thirty-foot long saurophidian monster that lives in the lake and fights mastodons.
Other Aquatic · 1876
Capt. Garton and a passenger independently described a striped black and white serpent over 100 feet long seen at the same latitude.
Other Aquatic · Waterbury, Connecticut · 1875
Capt. Garton and a passenger saw a striped black and white serpent over 100 feet long at the same latitude on the same day.
Other Aquatic · Ontario, Canada · 1874
Witness reports Mr. R. Young and two young ladies saw a moving, serpent-like monster in the Ottawa River that was about fifteen feet long.
Other Aquatic · Tanzania · 1875
The ship Pauline witnessed a huge serpent gripping and dragging a sperm whale to the bottom in 1875.
Other Aquatic · Worcester, Massachusetts · 1873
Witness reports that Reynolds saw a merman or mermaid which disappeared when he returned with companions.
Other Aquatic · 1877
Mr. G. S. Wesson and Mr. F. W. Fornold saw a strange animal with rough scaly skin and protuberances resembling dirt heaps.
Other Aquatic · New York · 1879
Mr. [name] and five others saw a misty, shadowy steamboat-like apparition crossing their path on the lake.