Water Monster reports in Missouri

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 · Saint Louis, Missouri · 1913

   Saint Louis, Missouri1 independent source

   Witnesses report seeing an ugly head appear above the water at Franklin bridge in Forest Park, which blinked and then ducked beneath the water.

2. 

   Water Monster · Cape Girardeau, Missouri · 1878

   Cape Girardeau, Missouri1 independent source

   John T. Edwards claims to have captured a large water monster in the Mississippi River and intends to display it in Memphis.

3. 

   Water Monster · Forest Park, Missouri · 1914

   Forest Park, Missouri1 independent source

   Witnesses report seeing an ugly head appear above the River des Pees in Forest Park, which winked and ducked underwater after being pelted with stones.

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   Water Monster · New Madrid, Missouri · 1877

   New Madrid, Missouri1 independent source

   Witnesses on a ferry boat report being attacked by a gigantic river monster that capsized their vessel and threw one man into the water.