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The royal hunt for the Storsjö monster
In 1894, locals in Östersund organised an attempt to catch the Storsjön monster, with sponsorship from King Oscar II; it failed.
1894 CE · 63.18, 14.64 · status: account
The account
The hunters used a giant baited trap and harpoons. The cartoonist Albert Engström mocked the effort. In 1899 Peter Olsson published 22 eyewitness accounts, and the word 'Storsjöodjur' came into use.