Water Monster reports from the 1930s
80 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 · Wood End, Massachusetts · 1939
Authorities report a 30-foot skeleton with frog-like feet washed ashore near Wood End coast guard station, which old-timers believe is the remains of the famous Provincetown sea serpent.
Water Monster · Colombo, Western Province · 1936
Witnesses report a fearsome beastie with a hideous head the size of an ox and a thin neck was seen basking in the waters off Talaimanner Pier before racing out to sea.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Dr. [name] Wilson reports seeing a great snake-like head and long neck break the surface of Loch Ness before taking four photographs.
Water Monster · Nantucket Island, Massachusetts · 1937
Scientists from Harvard's sinograph institute hunted for a monster sea serpent off Nantucket after local businessmen found huge webbed footprints on Madaket beach.
Water Monster · Nantucket Island, Massachusetts · 1937
The author recounts a 1937 publicity campaign where resorts in Nantucket and Newport claimed to have sea serpents, with one captain describing a 100-foot creature.
Water Monster · Lubec, Maine · 1937
Witness reports a sea serpent driving fishing boats ashore on the Outer Wolves by raiding schools of herring.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
A woman motorist and an Inverness chemist reported sighting the creature at different hours on April fourth.
Water Monster · East Hartford, Connecticut · 1934
Seamen and tourists have sworn affidavits describing strange elongated sea serpents or their footprints on beach sands.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
The text reports that many persons claim to have seen a sea serpent in Loch Ness.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Witness reports that Donald Fraser and a woman hockey player have seen the Loch Ness monster in Scotland.
Water Monster · Georgia Lake, Ontario · 1934
Two duck hunters and twelve friends, including Justice of the Peace G. F. Parkyn, saw a creature rise to the surface in Georgia Bay.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1939
The text mentions Loch Ness fishermen who were always seeing the sea serpent.
Water Monster · Bear Lake, Utah · 1937
A four-year-old claimed to have seen the monster in 1937.
Water Monster · Williams Lake, British Columbia · 1930
Roderick MacKenzie reported that his sailboat was wrecked by the Ogopogo, a mysterious creature of British Columbia waters, which struck the boat with an elastic and alive force.
Water Monster · Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia · 1936
Witness reports that John Home, his son Isaac, and his brother Charles sighted a huge sea monster near Canso.
Water Monster · Village of New York Mills, New York · 1937
The New York Aquarium displays a captured sea serpent less than two feet long with a poisonous bite, jet black back, and orange-yellow underside.
Water Monster · Genève, Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera / Svizra · 1934
Fishermen in Geneva claim to have seen a strange animal with an oval body and long neck in the River Doubs.
Water Monster · Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire · 1935
Dr. [name] claims to have encountered gargantuan lake monsters while fishing at Lake Sunapee and provides snapshots as evidence.
Water Monster · Prince Rupert, British Columbia · 1934
Witnesses claim a 35-foot carcass with flippers and rough skin washed ashore on Henry Island, confirming their sightings of sea serpents in the local sound.
Water Monster · Inverness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Witnesses report that dozens of reputable citizens and four Benedictine monks have seen a huge sea-serpent type monster in Loch Ness.
Water Monster · Inverness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Witnesses report the Loch Ness serpent displaying itself and creating waves with its eight humps near Inverness.
Water Monster · Saint Albans Bay, Minnesota · 1934
A fisherman from Hopkins reported seeing a sea monster in St. Albans bay while fishing last week.
Water Monster · Canton, Ohio · 1931
Residents near Congress Lake in Canton, Ohio report seeing a water monster named 'Amphibio', described as an ancient turtle that swims vigorously and has been caught by fishermen multiple times.
Water Monster · La Jolla, California · 1937
Dr. [name] Barnhart claims the sea serpent is actually a king herring.
Water Monster · Lake Elsinore, California · 1934
C. B. Greenstreet reports seeing a large creature moving on the surface of Lake Elsinore with his wife and two children.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1933
Witnesses report a monster seen off the shore of Loch Ness in January 1933, which received worldwide publicity and was photographed.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Four Benedictine monks from Fort Augustus Abbey added their testimony to the increasing group of residents and tourists who have seen the unbelievable.
Water Monster · Nantucket Island, Massachusetts · 1937
William Manville reports sighting a 206-foot sea serpent with harrell-like head and green eyes while bluefishing off Nantucket.
Water Monster · Gloucester, Massachusetts · 1935
Witnesses report a 70-foot eel-like sea monster with a crocodile-like head raised 20 feet out of the water on Western Bank.
Water Monster · Lake Elsinore, California · 1934
C. H. Blake and family claim they saw a mysterious mammal-like thing at Lake Elsinore last spring.
Water Monster · Newport, Arkansas · 1937
Charles B. Brown of the U.S. engineer's office is going after the "White river monster" that has excited Newport, Ark., residents for more than a week.
Water Monster · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Witnesses report the Loch Ness serpent appearing playful and thrashing waves in front of sightseers near Inverness.
Water Monster · Astoria, Oregon · 1939
Skipper Chris Anderson and his crew reported a monster with great staring eyes and a neck 10 feet long broke water near their schooner Argo.
Water Monster · Oak Bay, British Columbia · 1933
Maj. Langley reports seeing a strange monster with bluish-green skin and dorsal fins thrashing in Oak Bay.
Water Monster · Powell River, British Columbia · 1934
Witness reports a sea serpent sighted in Powell River described as 30 to 40 feet long and black.
Water Monster · Nantucket, Massachusetts · 1937
Two businessmen claimed to have discovered huge webbed footprints at Madaket Beach during the 1937 sea serpent excitement.
Water Monster · Newport, Arkansas · 1937
Residents and a farmer report seeing a large, legless creature in the White River near Newport.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1933
Mrs. [name] observed an enormous black body on Loch Ness while driving with her husband in March 1933.
Water Monster · Victoria, British Columbia · 1936
Witnesses report that Cadborsauris, a sea serpent, appeared in Puget Sound near Victoria.
Water Monster · Accomack County, Virginia · 1937
Mr. S. F. Smith reports finding the bones of a sea serpent in King's Creek, Virginia.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Curators of the London zoo and experts from the South Kensington museum dismissed authenticated photographs of a Loch Ness monster as impossible, insisting no such creature exists in any lake.
Water Monster · Prince Rupert, British Columbia · 1934
Scientists in Prince Rupert report restoring a 30-foot sea monster with skin like sandpaper and a horse-like head.
Water Monster · Okanagan Lake, British Columbia · 1934
Three farmers reported watching a sea serpent named Ogopogo undulate along the surface of Okanagan Lake for five or six minutes.
Water Monster · Prince Rupert, British Columbia · 1934
Robert Rogers reports seeing a sea creature described as having a body like a boa constrictor and a head like a horse near Prince Rupert.
Water Monster · Lake Saint Croix Beach, Minnesota · 1939
Witness reports a huge snake swimming in Lake St. Croix with its head extending four or five feet out of the water.
Water Monster · Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts · 1939
Witnesses describe a sea serpent seen in and near Massachusetts bay and the coast of Maine as having deep brown color, protuberances on its back, and a head and neck six to eight feet long.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
A well-known farmer near Loch Ness reported observing a huge creature motionless in the water while another moved at great speed.
Water Monster · Cottage Grove, Oregon · 1934
Reports claim a monster was seen in a lake in the Cascade Mountains over the past 30 years.
Water Monster · Flathead Lake, Montana · 1937
A fisherman reported seeing a mysterious "thing" swimming in Flathead Lake from the bridge at its south end.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1933
Reports indicate that numerous residents along the shores of Loch Ness have seen a strange monster described as having humps on its back and an elongated neck.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Queen Mary of England is reported to have smiled at a humorous painting of the sea serpent said to haunt Loch Ness, which an accredited scientist has photographed.
Water Monster · Bedwell Harbour, British Columbia · 1935
C. B. Andrews claims a huge eel-like creature with a horse-like head and long neck snatched a duck from under his boat.
Water Monster · Rouen, France métropolitaine · 1934
A float depicting a conception of the Loch Ness monster was displayed in the Fete du Ventre parade in Rouen, France.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Witnesses report seeing a serpent in Loch Ness and finding a body near its reputed lair.
Water Monster · Ocean County, New Jersey · 1939
A fisherman claims a 30-foot sea serpent with brush-like points on its head escaped from his flounder lines.
Water Monster · Vancouver, British Columbia · 1933
John Danes claims an ogopogo bit half a salmon he was reeling in.
Water Monster · Vancouver Island, British Columbia · 1933
Witnesses report seeing a large bluish-green sea creature with thick coils in the Gulf of Georgia.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1938
Benedictine monks of Fort Augustus Abbey reported tales of a 30-foot monster sighted in Loch Ness but never caught.
Water Monster · Sandusky County, Ohio · 1931
Witnesses report a 20-foot long sea serpent caught in Lake Erie and taken to the Cincinnati zoo.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1935
The narrator reports that many reliable Scotch folks have vouched for the veracity of a strange story about a monster living in Loch Ness.
Water Monster · Newport, Arkansas · 1937
Residents of Newport strained to catch a glimpse of a sea monster reportedly described as a 'varmint bit as a box car' along the White river banks.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
The corpse of a man about fifty years old was discovered on the shores of Loch Ness, near enormous tracks.
Water Monster · Newport, Arkansas · 1935
Witnesses report that the monster of Bergen Lake has reappeared after 25 years, with descriptions comparing its size to a horse or cow.
Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1934
Witnesses report that watchers on the shores of Loch Ness are awaiting the reappearance of a sea serpent previously seen by 150 people.
Water Monster · Canada · 1930
A legend is recounted describing the Ogopogo as a mysterious giant fish that tips over boats and carries fishermen to the Pacific Ocean.
Water Monster · Washington, District of Columbia · 1934
Witnesses report seeing a monstrous sea serpent on the water while at a club house, leading to men shooting at it with revolvers.
Water Monster · Alaska · 1939
A halibut vessel brought an eight-foot sea serpent and a freak octopus from Icy Strait to Juneau.
Water Monster · Atlantic Ocean · 1935
Witness reports that Yassoff was caught by a sea serpent while exploring an island in the Sargasso Sea.
Water Monster · Switzerland · 1933
Witness reports a quadruped the size and appearance of a lion but covered with fish scales was found in a Swiss lake.
Water Monster · Azores · 1934
Officers of the French liner Cuba reported seeing a strange sea beast in the Atlantic Ocean.
Water Monster · Nova Scotia, Canada · 1936
Fishermen report catching a large fish believed to be the sea serpent previously sighted off the Nova Scotia coast.
Water Monster · McAllen, Texas · 1934
Witness reports that Dr. [name] K. Wilson photographed the Loch Ness monster appearing out of the waters.
Water Monster · British Columbia, Canada · 1938
Witness reports a sea serpent was seen disporting itself about 400 yards from shore near Victoria, B.C., appearing to be between thirty and forty feet long.
Water Monster · Bayern, Deutschland · 1934
Witnesses report that a group of canoeists was inspired by tales of the Loch Ness monster to hunt a mythical lake monster in Lake Chiemensee before a squall overturned their boats.
Water Monster · Louisiana · 1934
Three seamen on the ship steel maven reported seeing a large sea serpent with a serpent's head and cold fish-like eye coiling through the water about 100 feet off the starboard bow.
Water Monster · Oregon · 1937
Witnesses report sighting a sea serpent among tuna fish off the Oregon coast before it sank.
Water Monster · Washington, District of Columbia · 1934
Witnesses report that a sea serpent appeared off the club house at Lake Toqua, leading to revolver shots being fired and the creature being believed killed.
Water Monster · Tennessee · 1937
A river bottom walker planned to search the White river in Tennessee for a water monster.
Water Monster · Washington, District of Columbia · 1934
Capt. Lorenz von Perry and 10 sailors claimed to have seen a sea serpent with a head like a horse's and a long white mane.
Water Monster · San Antonio, Texas · 1934
A description is provided of a river monster with an over-shaped body, long neck, small head, blue back, and yellow stomach that travels with undulating motion.