Other Aquatic reports from the 1920s
14 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 · Durban, KwaZulu-Natal · 1925
H. C. Bailance reports seeing a polar bear-sized sea monster fighting whales off the coast of Natal, which later washed up dead with snow-white hair and a pig-like snout.
Other Aquatic · Long Key, Florida · 1923
Witnesses report a 40,000-pound sea monster was harpooned and killed off Long Key, Florida, after a 12-hour fight.
Other Aquatic · Miami-Dade County, Florida · 1921
Witness reports a sea monster at least 50 feet long was found in shallow water north of Soldier’s Key by Elmer E. Garretson.
Other Aquatic · 1922
Reports stated a winged sea monster was pursued by the Greek government after appearing off the Princes' Isles and moving through the Dardanelles.
Other Aquatic · Seattle, Washington · 1925
The narrator testifies that the central lake is full of strange creatures and primeval life forms.
Other Aquatic · West Ballygelagh, Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann · 1922
Reports from the west coast of Ireland credit a creature named the 'Qorramoo loch' with the power of flight and describe it as a 100-foot long porpoise-shaped animal that hunts gannets.
Other Aquatic · Lurín, Lima · 1922
Fishermen reported a huge creature resembling a cross between a whale and a turtle was cast up on the beach at Lurin by tidal waves.
Other Aquatic · Dunn County, Wisconsin · 1922
Editor Sims reports discovering a water monster he calls the 'mud puppy' in the waters of the Tump river.
Other Aquatic · Cape May, New Jersey · 1921
Witnesses report a 76-foot-long sea monster with two huge tusks was cast up by waves on the New Jersey shore near Cape May.
Other Aquatic · Palm Beach, Florida · 1921
Witnesses report a giant ray battled fishermen for eight hours and towed their boats before escaping.
Other Aquatic · Monroe County, Florida · 1920
Captain Thompson reports capturing a strange, huge fish-like creature with a massive mouth and cartilaginous spine in the waters off the Florida Keys.
Other Aquatic · Bayou Cocodrie, Louisiana · 1921
Reports claim an octopus or sea monster was seen in Cocodria recently.
Other Aquatic · Santa Rosa de Lima, Piura · 1923
Fishermen at Lurin reported a huge creature resembling a cross between a whale and a turtle that was killed in shallow waters.
Other Aquatic · Phoenix, Arizona · 1922
The narrator reports a week-long hunt where they and their party interacted with a friendly plesiosaurus that played with dogs, ignored artillery fire, and eventually tried to sit in the narrator's…