Other Aquatic reports in New York
13 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 · Village of Perry, New York · 1855
Edwin Chapin states he went to Silver Lake on Wednesday evening and looked at birds flying around the foot of the lake, in the context of confirming the general belief that there is a monster in the…
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 · Erie County, New York · 1855
Witness reports an immense snake was captured in Silver Lake after being seen by a whaleman and his shipmate.
Other Aquatic · Hudson River, New York · 1886
Men in a boat reported seeing a serpent with greenish eyes and a satanic expression in the Hudson River.
Other Aquatic · Village of New York Mills, New York · 1883
Witness reports a strange, large flatfish with a massive mouth and stomach was caught on the dock in New York.
Other Aquatic · Village of Patchogue, New York · 1899
Witness reports that John A. Smith and his crew caught a large black sea monster weighing half a ton in a fish net off Patchogue.
Other Aquatic · Village of Perry, New York · 1855
A chairmaker who cut flags in Silver Lake twenty years prior reported seeing a monster snake there, frightening his men and causing him to stop working in the lake.
Other Aquatic · Village of Great Neck, New York · 1898
Samuel Dunlap reports catching a strange monster while fishing at Saddle Rock.
Other Aquatic · Village of Perry, New York · 1830s
A story circulated that a ten-year-old boy sent to fetch water from the lake returned frightened, claiming there was a great snake in it as large as a barrel.
Other Aquatic · Silver Lake, New York · 1855
Witness reports a huge serpent, supposed to be fifty or sixty feet in length, was seen in Silver Lake near Wyoming, N.Y., agitating the water with its tail.
Other Aquatic · New York · 1879
Capt. Foster and passengers report seeing a black whale between Sandy Hook and Rockaway on Thanksgiving Day.
Other Aquatic · Niagara County, New York · 1815
A herald reports that a great serpent in the Tonawanda Swamp has been destroying poultry and small stock, and is feared to have swallowed a child.
Other Aquatic · Village of Perry, New York · 1855
A correspondent reports that residents of the Perry region are excited by alleged sightings of a large snake-like monster in Silver Lake, citing historical accounts from a chairmaker, local Indians…