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“Margate”

Stories2

Trunko, the Margate "polar bear" sea monster

c. 1924 · Margate beach, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)

South Africa

Cryptid · Creature · 41 sources · 6 photos

27Thinly documented

The Brungle Creek Bunyip Carcass (1883)

c. 1883 · Brungle Creek, near Tumut, New South Wales

Australia

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

21Thinly documented

Names3

Shuker Person · 18 stories
Karl Shuker turns up again and again in the archive's sea monsters and mystery cats.
globster Term · 11 stories
A shapeless carcass on a beach.
Markus Hemmler Person · 4 stories
A researcher of old sea monsters and colonial-era hoaxes.

Videos2

Video1924

Margate South Africa ,Bikini Fun in the Sun, South Africa, Centenary Celebtations

From Trunko, the Margate "polar bear" sea monster

Video1924

Video from Trunko, the Margate "polar bear" sea monster

From Trunko, the Margate "polar bear" sea monster