Case file · Cryptid
White River Monster: first sightings
In 1915 planter Bramlett Bateman and others reported a huge grey creature 'as wide as a car' surfacing in the White River near Newport, Arkansas.
1915 CE · 35.60, -91.28 · status: account
The account
Crowds and a would-be diver came to watch, and talk of building a giant net went nowhere. The creature was nicknamed 'Whitey'.
The sceptical view
An elephant seal or other stray marine mammal, or a large gar or sturgeon, are the usual guesses.