A giant sea monster washed ashore in 1896, sparking a scientific feud that lasted a full century. The remains were massive, with strange tentacle-like appendages, and it was found in St.
On November 30, 1896, two boys riding bicycles along the beach of Anastasia Island, near St. Augustine, Florida, found a large object half-buried in the sand. The tide was out, and the mass was pale, rubbery, and roughly the size of a small house. The boys did not touch it and rode back to town to report what they had seen.Word spread quickly, and residents came out to examine the object. Among th…
In 1918, a group of professional crayfish fishermen working out of Port Stevens on the coast of New South Wales, Australia, stopped visiting their regular fishing grounds near Broughton Island for
In 1918, a group of professional crayfish fishermen working out of Port Stevens on the coast of New South Wales, Australia, stopped visiting their regular fishing grounds near Broughton Island for several days. This was an unusual decision, as these men worked those waters for a living, and refusing paid work carried a real financial cost.David George Stead, a naturalist and the manager of the sta…