Water Monster reports from the 1970s
12 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 · Fort Belvoir, Virginia · 1978
Witness reports hearing loud branch breaking sounds and seeing red eyes in the woods while on patrol at Davison Airfield between 1977 and 1979.

Water Monster · Fort Worth, Texas · 1976
Witness reports hearing loud roaring, screaming, and howling vocalizations from an unseen creature while at the lake roads of the Nature Center.

Water Monster · West Frankfort, Illinois · 1979
Witness reports seeing a hairy, broad-built humanoid creature near an abandoned railroad bed who grunted and shook a sapling before walking away.

Water Monster · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1973
[name] reports seeing a black object resembling a hockey stick emerging from the water in Urquhart Bay.

Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1976
Map caption describes a three humped long black thing off the far shore and a second one moving from onshore into the loch.

Water Monster · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1974
Witnesses report seeing a large object resembling an upturned boat moving in the water near Foyers.

Water Monster · Potomac River, Maryland · 1978
Multiple witnesses reported seeing Chessie in the Potomac River in 1978.

Water Monster · Loch Lochy, Alba / Scotland · 1975
Mrs [name] and her family reported seeing a long black shape moving through the water near Corriegour Hotel, which disappeared before she could photograph it.

Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1970
A group of nine people including the [name] observed a large hump swimming from the middle to the far side for seven minutes.

Water Monster · Invernessshire, Alba / Scotland · 1976
RD and his family reported seeing an unknown creature snaking through the water near Dores for about 10 minutes.

Water Monster · Loch Ness, Alba / Scotland · 1970
Witnesses report a large hump surrounded by leaping fish moving towards Temple Pier and later swimming across the water.

Water Monster · Lake Country, British Columbia · 1974
Mrs. [name] reports that while swimming in Lake Okanagan in July 1974, she was bumped by a large creature and later observed its hump, tail, and back as it swam away.