Other Aquatic reports from the 1930s
25 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 · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Witnesses in the Loch Ness region of Scotland reported the appearance of an amphibian monster and found strange four-toed tracks on the soft shore.
Other Aquatic · North Sea Haven, England · 1936
Witnesses report seeing a streamlined monster of prodigious size cavorting across the North Sea at high speed.
Other Aquatic · Massachusetts · 1938
The crew of the Giuseppe reported a black winged serpent with a horse-like head emerging from the water.
Other Aquatic · Newport, Arkansas · 1937
David Smythe uses a homemade diving rig to search for a monster reported lurking in an eddy of the White River near Newport, Arkansas.
Other Aquatic · Astoria, New York · 1939
A fisherman named Anderson reported seeing a monster that ate a halibut and ducked out of sight, which he insisted was a sea serpent rather than a sea elephant.
Other Aquatic · Chañaral, Región de Atacama · 1931
Fishermen first spotted a strange creature off the port of Chanaral on October 6, 1931.
Other Aquatic · Loch Oich, Alba / Scotland · 1936
J. A. Richards and his father report seeing a creature with a dog-like head and humps in Loch Oich.
Other Aquatic · Nantucket Island, Massachusetts · 1937
The narrator reports a sea monster sighted near Nantucket that grabbed the yacht Endeavour II and left footprints on the beach.
Other Aquatic · Loch Lochy, Alba / Scotland · 1930
A man reported seeing a strange creature in the water and warned his wife not to wash clothes there.
Other Aquatic · Washington, District of Columbia · 1933
Two score citizens reported seeing an 80-foot nightmare creature in the waters from the Strait of Juan de Fuca toward Prince of Wales Archipelago.
Other Aquatic · Dallas, Texas · 1931
Farm hands unearthed the skull and neck of a plesiosaurus on G. W. Tidwell's farm near Dallas.
Other Aquatic · Princess Royal Island, British Columbia · 1939
Witnesses report seeing a huge, silver-grey fish resembling a large salmon swimming leisurely near the cruiser Alpine Fir.
Other Aquatic · Redondo Beach, California · 1935
Captain Sam Orlando and his crew of 11 reported seeing a strange creature resembling a merman in the ocean off Redondo Beach.
Other Aquatic · Henry Island, British Columbia · 1934
H. Sundstrum found a sea monster washed up on the beach near Henry Island that had attracted great flocks of gulls.
Other Aquatic · Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France métropolitaine · 1934
Witnesses report a mysterious animal washed ashore near Cherbourg that resembles a sea serpent.
Other Aquatic · Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France métropolitaine · 1934
Witness reports the discovery of a 25-foot long strange beast with a square head and yard-long neck stranded on the French coast.
Other Aquatic · Leyte, Eastern Visayas · 1930s
Witness reports that his grandfather saw a large creature with glowing telescopic eyes and a giant snail-like head rise from the ocean while fishing off Leyte Gulf.
Other Aquatic · Shetland, Alba / Scotland · 1937
Ship passengers report a 30-foot long sea creature with three pointed fins that emits puffs like a freight train.
Other Aquatic · Washington, District of Columbia · 1936
Observers claimed to have caught glimpses of a reptilian speed maniac along the British coastline.
Other Aquatic · Portugal · 1935
Reporter Reint Resenstok claims to have sighted a sea monster with an enormous hog-like head and serpent-like body while motor-boating near Portugal.
Other Aquatic · British Columbia, Canada · 1933
Three men claim to have seen a serpent at Chermainus River that left a wake like a speedboat.
Other Aquatic · British Columbia, Canada · 1934
A citizen of British Columbia described a creature named Caddy that thrust its head above the water and swallowed a duck within ten feet of witnesses.
Other Aquatic · British Columbia, Canada · 1933
Witnesses report a camel-headed sea serpent near Point Cadboro that is approximately 80 feet long and has been dubbed 'Cadborosaurus' or 'Caddy'.
Other Aquatic · Sint Eustatius · 1934
Officers of the Cunard liner Mauretania spotted a monster raising its head and displaying about sixty-five feet of length.
Other Aquatic · 1931
The ship SS Peshawar spotted an odd shark with whiskers like a catfish and a large mouth, described as 25 feet long and reddish-brown.