Case file · Cryptid
Valvasor's baby dragons
In 1689, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor recorded in 'The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola' that people believed pale creatures washed out of karst springs were baby dragons.
1689 CE · 46.02, 14.86 · status: explained
The account
Locals said a great dragon lived in the caves beneath Carniola and that floods washed out its young.
The sceptical view
The 'dragons' were olms (Proteus anguinus), blind cave salamanders that live only in Dinaric karst waters.