IN the biography of Commodore Preble, by J. Fenimore Cooper, there is a very wise and noteworthy passage : — “ There appears an indisposition in the human mind to acknowledge that others have seen ...

Ahoy, local boat owners. Be advised “a veritable sea serpent” was spotted near Wood Island in the fall of 1886. Two witnesses, Augustus Fernald and Hiram Tobey, both of Kittery, reported seeing what ...

For decades in the 19th and even early 20th centuries, sea serpent sightings were commonplace. Most famously, the crew of HMS Daedalus supposedly watched one for more than 20 minutes in 1848. HMS ...

Fourteen years ago, HSOY published an article in the Register about Cape sea monsters. Since then, having newspapers online and able to be digitally searched has revealed far more sightings than ...

This depiction of the Gloucester sea serpent was created in the 1880s-1890s, per the Cape Ann Museum. The caption says it's "engraved from a drawing taken from Life" in an August 1817 sighting. If we ...

The Pacific Northwest's enigmatic waters are home to an elusive sea serpent of legend: Cadborosaurus Many say that the waters of America’s Northern coasts are home to an elusive sea serpent of legend.