Other / Unknown reports in Connecticut
9 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 · Litchfield, Connecticut · 1867
A. Boardman reports seeing a large, shining black snake near an elm tree in Canaan, Connecticut, which he believes sucks milk from cows.
Other / Unknown · New London, Connecticut · 1880
A strange animal believed to have escaped from a menagerie is reported prowling in Montville.
Other / Unknown · South Canaan, Connecticut · 1867
Witness reports an enormous serpent in South Canaan, Connecticut, which is accused of frightening natives and sucking farmers' cows at night.
Other / Unknown · Hartford, Connecticut · 1949
Residents in the Lake Basile section of East Granby reported hearing a strange beast and finding clawprints, with one witness describing its heavy breathing and galloping sound.
Other / Unknown · Waterbury, Connecticut · 1896
Seth Bassett reports seeing a huge oak tree moving due to a monstrous snake about thirty feet long that devoured a hawk.
Other / Unknown · Hartford, Connecticut · 1939
The Gazette scribe reports that yarns concerning the 'Glastonbury Glawackus' have aroused curiosity and spread throughout the nation, with locals offering varying reactions to the strange beast.
Other / Unknown · Litchfield, Connecticut · 1879
Two men riding in a buggy saw the famous snake wriggling slowly across a road near the swamp and estimated it to be over twenty feet long.
Other / Unknown · New London, Connecticut · 1891
Witness reports a large brown beast killing pigs and dogs in Eastern Connecticut, believed by locals to be an Indian Devil.
Other / Unknown · New Haven, Connecticut · 1868
Witness reports a strange animal attacked livestock in North Guilford and Durham, described as fourteen inches high and five feet long with dark brown shaggy hair.