Water Monster reports in Iowa

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.

1. 

   Water Monster · Council Bluffs, Iowa · 1819

   Council Bluffs, Iowa1 independent source

   Witnesses report that Pawnee Indians saw a huge water monster with a black scaly neck and head rising from the river carrying a boat of white men.

2. 

   Water Monster · Skunk River, Iowa · 1884

   Skunk River, Iowa1 independent source

   The Skunk river monster is described as a mystery with conflicting political interpretations of its identity.

3. 

   Water Monster · Fort Madison, Iowa · 1919

   Fort Madison, Iowa1 independent source

   Witness reports that J. B. Worley and James Alexander beheld a creature cutting through the water at a rapid rate south of an oil station.

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   Water Monster · Fort Madison, Iowa · 1918

   Fort Madison, Iowa1 independent source

   Witness reports that three men of high repute claimed to have seen a sea serpent in the river near Fort Madison last summer.