Case file · Cryptid
Linnaean Society report on the serpent
In 1817 a committee of the Linnaean Society of New England in Boston gathered sworn witness statements and issued a report on the 'large marine animal, supposed to be a serpent' seen off Cape Ann.
1817 CE · 42.36, -71.06 · status: disputed
The account
The committee went further and named a small deformed snake found on shore as the serpent's young, an identification naturalists soon rejected.
The sceptical view
The affidavits are valuable; the snake 'offspring' was a common black snake with a spinal deformity.