Case file · Cryptid
Hyltén-Cavallius's lindorm testimonies
In 1884–85, the folklorist Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius collected sworn testimonies from people in Värend, Småland, who said they had seen lindorms, giant serpents.
1884 CE · 56.88, 14.81 · status: account
The account
He published them in 'Om draken eller lindormen' and offered a reward for a specimen. The witnesses described snakes several metres long, thick as a man's thigh.
The sceptical view
No specimen was ever produced; large grass snakes, misjudged sizes and tradition likely explain the reports.