Case file · Cryptid
Tony Sarg's Nantucket sea serpent
In 1937 puppeteer Tony Sarg, a Nantucket summer resident, staged a sea-serpent 'appearance' on the island with a giant inflatable serpent, after a run of planted sighting reports.
1937 CE · 41.29, -70.10 · status: hoax
The account
The stunt fooled few for long but made national news; the balloon serpent later appeared in parades.