Danish Serpent Sighting: When the Danish (Norwegian) ship the Margaretta arrived in Scotland, the crew went to the local magistrate and swore under oath that what they saw about 15 miles East of the Isle of May was true. In an hour of perfectly calm weather the crew of the Margaretta saw about a mile Read More …
Category: Sea Monsters
Bleeding Ocean
From the Depths… The sloop General Jackson reported to newspapers a very odd phenomena it encountered off the East coast of the United States. The ocean seemed to be bleeding. The sloop was sailing along in light wind and the sea was a beautiful transparent blue when up ahead they could see the water was Read More …
Adamant Battles a Sea Serpent
Cape Ann Confrontation: About ten leagues off Cape Ann in 1818, Captain Woodward and his crew of the schooner Adamant of Hingham spotted what they thought was a capsized boat in the water. On approaching the object they were stunned to discover it was actually a black serpent of enormous size. The alarmed serpent raised Read More …
Maid of Judah Extinction Theory
Serpent Dead or Alive: The weather was fair when the schooner Maid of Judah encountered a 120 foot sea serpent South of Australia. Some of the crew were aloft and some on deck, but all of them got a good view of the sea serpent. The encounter was reported in Australian and New Zealand newspapers. Read More …
Ville de Rochefort Strange Sighting
Reluctant Sighting: Unlike some sea monster sightings, Captain D’Abnour of the French ship Ville de Rochefort, was cautious in reporting back the strange sighting he saw in the Gulf of Mexico during his voyage. Many Sea monster sightings are reported back with some measure of gusto about their close encounter with a strange creature from Read More …
Brig Trim and the Giant Oarfish
Trim Sighting: As far back as cartographers were making maps, usually a sea serpent was included among the various sea monsters in the ocean. A sea monster really was a catch-all name for a sea creature that people didn’t known anything about. People studying the various ocean creatures today conclude that many of these early Read More …
Sea Serpent and Whale Battle at Cape St. Roque
Battle Observed: When the barque Pauline arrived in Liverpool, after 20 month voyage around the world, the crew went to court and signed a statement declaring what they had seen was true. During their voyage they actually witnessed a battle between a sea serpent and a whale. This was alleged to have taken place of Read More …