The Pauline Sea-Serpent Report

Record summary

A nineteenth-century report associated with the vessel Pauline described a large, unusual marine animal encountered in the Atlantic. The case was circulated in sea-serpent literature and became part of the broader Victorian effort to classify reported marine monsters. It may help researchers compare commercial or naval testimony with newspaper amplification and later cryptozoological catalogues. The precise date, vessel details and wording vary among secondary accounts, and the report is less securely documented than the Daedalus episode. Its evidentiary status therefore depends heavily on locating the earliest printed version.