Water Monster reports in Florida
8 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 · Indian Rocks Beach, Florida · 1915
Witness reports the finding of the remains of a serpent at Indian Rocks, Florida, described as fully 40 feet long with a huge head.
Water Monster · Saint Johns Creek, Florida · 1853
Captain Show reports that approximately thirty passengers on the steamship William Gaston observed a large sea monster near St. John's Bar in Florida.
Water Monster · Key West, Florida · 1953
Dr. W. Warner reports that shrimp fishermen sighted an unusual sea animal and one vessel caught it in a net before it escaped.
Water Monster · Miami, Florida · 1921
Witness reports that scientists and fishermen found the body of a huge sea monster off Soldier's Key near Miami.
Water Monster · Key Biscayne, Florida · 1923
Witness reports a strange sea monster weighing about 1,000 pounds and eight feet long drifted ashore on Key Biscayne.
Water Monster · Florida · 1921
Witnesses report that Captain Charles Mollier and others found a huge sea monster off the coast of Florida which was devoured by sharks, leaving only a skull fragment.
Water Monster · Florida · 1880s
Witness reports that Rev. Mr. [name] found a carcass of a vertebrate with saurian features, forty-two feet long, which was swept out to sea by a hurricane.
Water Monster · Florida · 1923
Witness reports a giant sea monster weighing 33,600 pounds with thick hide was captured off the coast of Florida and lay on the beach for examination.