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Water Monster reports in New Jersey

14 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 · Asbury Park, New Jersey · 1899

    Asbury Park, New Jersey1 independent source

    Witness reports a pale blue sea serpent with mismatched eyes emerged from a waterspout near the shore.

  2. Water Monster · Ocean Heights, New Jersey · 1899

    Ocean Heights, New Jersey1 independent source

    Witness reports a supposed sea serpent sighted by a ship in the Atlantic, moving along the surface for twenty minutes with its head aloft.

  3. Water Monster · Great Bay, New Jersey · 1856

    Great Bay, New Jersey1 independent source

    Captain Birse reports seeing a large serpent-like creature with an oval head and sparkling eye in the water near Great Egg Harbor.

  4. Water Monster · Monmouth County, New Jersey · 1904

    Monmouth County, New Jersey1 independent source

    Captain Adeo Scidmore reported seeing two sea-serpents near the Sandy Hook lightship, one identified as a plesiosaurus and another with an alligator body.

  5. Water Monster · Point Pleasant, New Jersey · 1956

    Point Pleasant, New Jersey1 independent source

    A five-man crew on the fishing trawler Jennie claimed they tangled with a massive creature in their net, which one crew member identified as a sea serpent.

  6. Water Monster · Cape May, New Jersey · 1922

    Cape May, New Jersey1 independent source

    Witness reports that Captain Pedro Matisona sighted a sea serpent with a vibrating serpent tail off Cape May and pursued it with a revolver.

  7. Water Monster · Delaware Bay, New Jersey · 1869

    Delaware Bay, New Jersey1 independent source

    Captain Allen reports seeing a large marine monster with scales and bright eyes accompanied by a smaller specimen while on the ship Scottish Bride.

  8. Water Monster · Middlesex County, New Jersey · 1874

    Middlesex County, New Jersey1 independent source

    Witnesses report seeing and killing a large whale-like creature stranded on an oyster bed in Raritan Bay.

  9. Water Monster · Cape May, New Jersey · 1845

    Cape May, New Jersey1 independent source

    A letter from Cape May describes a singular sea monster approximately sixty or seventy feet long that appeared near the location, lying on the water and blowing a jet of water.

  10. Water Monster · Newark Bay, New Jersey · 1869

    Newark Bay, New Jersey1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a monster with a dog's head and black scaly back swimming in the bay before it disappeared.

  11. Water Monster · Monmouth County, New Jersey · 1963

    Monmouth County, New Jersey1 independent source

    A Marine authority advises not to confuse a salp with a sea serpent after the research ship Challenger reported sighting a 40-foot sea monster in the Atlantic.

  12. Water Monster · Great Bay, New Jersey · 1856

    Great Bay, New Jersey1 independent source

    Captain Birse reports seeing a large, black, eel-tailed creature with an oval head and large eye in the water near Great Egg Harbor.

  13. Water Monster · Ocean County, New Jersey · 1939

    Ocean County, New Jersey1 independent source

    A fisherman claims a 30-foot sea serpent with brush-like points on its head escaped from his flounder lines.

  14. Water Monster · New Jersey · 1869

    New Jersey1 independent source

    The author reports that a sea serpent has been seen on the New Jersey shore with a head as large as a flour barrel resembling that of a dog.