Other / Unknown reports from the 1840s
5 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.
Other / Unknown · New York · 1849
Witness reports seeing a beast with curled hair resembling brown sheep wool and long strange wool on its fetlock in Allen Street.
Other / Unknown · Harmony Mission Lake, Missouri · 1844
Matthew Arbuckle reports hearing a terrifying screech from an unknown creature while plowing, causing him to flee in terror.
Other / Unknown · Rising Sun, Maryland · 1844
Matthew Arbuckle reported hearing a terrifying screech from an unknown monster while plowing, causing him to flee in terror.
Other / Unknown · Panola County, Mississippi · 1843
Witnesses report an enormous serpent prowling the neighborhood, supposed to be between twenty-five and thirty feet long with a head as large as that of a man.
Other / Unknown · Kentucky · 1843
Witnesses report seeing a large, dark, snake-like animal with a silvery ring on its neck swimming in the river near the Indiana shore.