Other Aquatic reports from the 1980s
37 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 · 1988
[name] reported spotting an unexplained entity in Urquhart Bay at approximately 6:30 am in early May.
Other Aquatic · Benton County, Arkansas · 1988
Witness reports seeing a large creature near a lake in Arkansas that twisted a tree trunk and growled.
Other Aquatic · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1988
[name] reports spotting an unexplained entity off Urquhart Castle on October 25 at 10:45 am.
Other Aquatic · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1987
[name] reports spotting an unexplained entity near Tor Point on Loch Ness.
Other Aquatic · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1987
[name] reports spotting an unexplained entity in the evening during mid-June 1987.
Other Aquatic · South Vienna, Ohio · 1988
Witness reports hearing a blood-curdling scream and the sound of large objects being thrown and running through the woods while night fishing.
Other Aquatic · Alpena County, Michigan · 1980
Witness reports hearing a roar and seeing something splash into the water near their boat on Fletcher Pond in 1980.
Other Aquatic · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1986
[name] reports spotting an unexplained entity in Dores Bay during the evening of early October 1986.
Other Aquatic · Town of Laona, Wisconsin · 1983
A witness reports seeing an 8-9 ft tall creature with a man-like face and brown matted hair in knee-deep water at Wabikon Lake, which screamed before fleeing.
Other Aquatic · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1987
[name] reports spotting an unexplained object near Borlum Bay in mid-March 1987.
Other Aquatic · Seale, Alabama · 1981
Witness reports hearing a scream and seeing a massive black object with red eyes float into their headlights after something jumped from a tree into the river.
Other Aquatic · Powell River, British Columbia · 1984
Witness and a friend heard large splashes and kerplunk sounds in the lake late at night during a fishing trip.
Other Aquatic · 1980s
Witness reports seeing two large, translucent white aquatic creatures with horse-like necks and pencil-like teeth fighting in the water before diving away.
Other Aquatic · 布尔津县 بۋىرشىن اۋدانى, 新疆维吾尔自治区 شىنجاڭ ئۇيغۇر ئاپتونوم رايونی · 1985
Witnesses report seeing several large reddish shapes on the surface of Lake Hanas that formed geometric patterns.
Other Aquatic · Wallowa Lake, Oregon · 1982
Witness reports that [name] claimed a sighting of a 50-foot-long creature with seven humps in Wallowa Lake.
Other Aquatic · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1987
Dr and Mrs [name] reported spotting an unexplained entity at Loch Ness in early March 1987.
Other Aquatic · Orleans County, Vermont · 1986
Witness reports that [name] and [name] saw a serpent-like creature splashing with its hind legs while fishing in the evening.
Other Aquatic · Marin County, California · 1983
[name] reports periodic sightings of unknown marine animals off the Marin County coast that could be misidentified whales or prehistoric creatures.
Other Aquatic · Dores, Alba / Scotland · 1986
[name] reported spotting an unexplained entity in November off Dores.
Other Aquatic · Stafford Lake, California · 1985
Local fishermen reported that "something" had been snatching away their tackle and poles from Stafford Lake for decades.
Other Aquatic · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1987
[name] reported spotting an unexplained entity near Abriachan on July 21 at 8:30 am.
Other Aquatic · Loch Lochy, Alba / Scotland · 1980s
Mr [name] reported seeing a distinctive 'V' shaped wake on Loch Lochy that he interpreted as something submerged but not visible.
Other Aquatic · Derby, Vermont · 1980
Witness reports that [name] saw a large head on a thick neck moving on its own at dawn before it made a noise and submerged.
Other Aquatic · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1988
[name] and his girlfriend reported spotting an unexplained entity in July 1988 between Fort Augustus and Invermoriston.
Other Aquatic · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1988
[name] reports spotting an unexplained entity at Johnny's Point on June 3.
Other Aquatic · Olentangy River Parklands, Ohio · 1982
An unknown animal in the Olentangy River was observed by law enforcement and bystanders, with some thinking it was a hippopotamus or otter.
Other Aquatic · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1988
Witnesses report spotting an unexplained object or creature at the Loch in January.
Other Aquatic · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1988
[name] and [name] reported spotting an unexplained entity off Urquhart Castle on December 29.
Other Aquatic · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1986
[name] reports spotting an unexplained creature outside of Urquhart Bay in early June 1986.
Other Aquatic · Nokon, Islands Region · 1983
Dr. [name] observed a rapid, finless aquatic predator in shallow water at Nokon, while others saw it surfacing every 10 minutes further out.
Other Aquatic · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1989
Mrs [name] filmed a 10ft long animal with a basketball sized head zig zagging across Urquhart Bay.
Other Aquatic · 1986
Professor [name] reported observing a school of giant fish with heads the size of automobile tires in Bluff Creek.
Other Aquatic · 1985
Mr. [name] reported further encounters with a presumed giant octopus in 1985 while conducting deep-sea fishing operations.
Other Aquatic · 1985
Capt. [name] and other expedition members reported observing and photographing a greenish-gray aquatic animal resembling a dugong.
Other Aquatic · Höfuðborgarsvæðið, Ísland · 1984
Witness reports that two Icelandic bird hunters observed two large animals playing on the beach and swimming like seals.
Other Aquatic · 1981
Mr. [name] claimed to have filmed a dinosaur-like creature rising from the Ubangi River in Congo, which he identified as Mokele-Mbembe.
Other Aquatic · Puerto Rico · 1982
Two crew members on the USS Independence reported seeing an enormous shark's dorsal fin rise from the water behind the ship.