Water Monster reports from the 1740s
4 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.

Water Monster · Trondheim, Trøndelag · 1746
Capt Lawrence de Ferry swore to seeing a huge organism with a grayish head and body in folds during a voyage from Trundtheim.

Water Monster · Norway · 1746
Witness reports Captain Lawrence de Ferry and two seamen saw a sea snake near Molde, Norway, with a head like a horse.

Water Monster · New York · 1740
Captain Laurence d Ferry swore he chased a sea serpent with a crew of sailors in a rowboat, describing it as 600 feet long with a horse-like head.

Water Monster · Norway · 1740
Witness reports that Laurent de Ferry and his crew encountered a sea serpent with a horse-like head and gray color before it was shot at and plunged into the water.