Gloucester Sea Serpent

A sea serpent was seen in the harbor of Gloucester, Massachusetts many times, beginning in 1638. Between 1817 and 1819, hundreds of people claimed to see the beast. The New England Linnaean Society wrote of the serpent: “It was said to resemble a serpent in its general form and motions, to be of immense size, and to move with wonderful rapidity; to appear on the surface only in calm, bright weather; and to seem jointed or like a number of buoys or casks following each other in a line.”