Case file · Cryptid
The fish-man of Liérganes
Francisco de la Vega of Liérganes (Cantabria) was said to have vanished while swimming in 1674 and to have been caught in the bay of Cádiz in 1679, scaly and speechless.
1674 CE · 43.34, -3.74 · status: legend
The account
Brought home, he lived silently for years, then went back into the sea. Feijoo and Gregorio Marañón wrote about the case; Marañón thought the man was probably a person with an intellectual disability around whom the tale grew.