Other Aquatic reports in Florida
20 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 · 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 · Pinellas County, Florida
The narrator and their brother observed a dark, long, thin creature with shark-like skin and no nose swimming in the water before it submerged again.
Other Aquatic · Bartow, Florida · 1995
Witness reports seeing a dark, hairy creature chest-high out of the water while fishing near Bartow.
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 · Miami, Florida · 1918
Witnesses report that a strange, bullet-proof fish known as the Deep Sea Mystery was slain and exhibited in Miami, drawing thousands of viewers.
Other Aquatic · Monroe County, Florida · 1946
Captain Ray Knopp reports catching a 15-foot, 1800-lb. mud shark in deep water off Key West that was described as looking like a huge sea cow.
Other Aquatic · Tampa, Florida · 1918
A newspaper sent from Florida reports a monster and strange fish caught near Tampa that was 45 feet long, weighed about 30,000 pounds, and had a living octopus in its stomach.
Other Aquatic · Sanibel Island, Florida · 2013
A couple videotaped a violent encounter where a large dark creature with a thick arm or body wrapped around and dragged a manatee underwater.
Other Aquatic · Palm Beach County, Florida · 1919
Witnesses report catching an enormous fish near Miami that measured 31 feet long and six feet through the body.
Other Aquatic · Key West, Florida · 1961
Witnesses report a 15 to 16 foot shape emerged from the water near the end of the pier and ate a shark carcass.
Other Aquatic · Suwannee River, Florida · 1948
Ivan T. Sanderson studied tracks along the Suwannee and determined they were made by a giant penguin he called 'Florida Three-Toes'.
Other Aquatic · Sugarloaf Key, Florida · 1961
Mrs. [name] reports that her youngest son saw a big black thing chasing them while swimming in the pool.
Other Aquatic · Sanibel Island, Florida · 2014
Eyewitnesses on a fishing boat observed a large reddish-brown creature with suckers and an arm reaching out to touch the boat before swimming away.
Other Aquatic · Clearwater, Florida · 1948
Four fliers from the Dunedin Flying School reported seeing a creature resembling a furry log with a hog's head near Clearwater Bridge.
Other Aquatic · Key West, Florida · 1961
The author and his wife went to the pier looking for the monster but did not see it.
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 · Everglades National Park, Florida · 1830s
It is reported that Colonel Harney shot two of these sea cow-like animals in the Everglades during the Florida war.
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.