White River Monster -- the tracks

Those strange three-toed tracks in Newport have not been explained yet. Mysteriously, from February to October in 1948 identical tracks were found on the beach in Clearwater, Florida. Witnesses reported seeing a very large animal on the beach. Upon inspection, tracks were found in the sand that were approximately 14 inches long and 8 inches wide. Weight estimations for the creature were made based on the track depth that said the creature weighed approximately 3 tons (Stefko, 2005).

Cryptozoologist Ivan Sanderson was called to investigate the reports of this unknown animal. Sanderson discovered during his investigation that many other witnesses had seen an unknown creature but had not came forward yet. Fishermen and locals saw something that stood between 15 and 20 feet tall waddling around the beaches on two legs. Four different pilots independently reported seeing a strange animal splashing around the banks of the Suwannee River that looked similar to a giant penguin.

Thinking he was dealing with a blatant hoax, Sanderson called in professionals to find out if building a machine that could duplicate the tracks would be possible. His findings were that not only would it be too expensive to build the needed machine, the machine would be too big to go where the tracks went.

Florida is not the only place these strange three-toed tracks have shown up either. On the banks of the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania in 1966 tracks that were approximately 14x8 inches were discovered for several months. Reports of a very large animal in the river also accompanied the reports of the tracks.


Stefko, J. (2005). Arkansas White River Monster – Serpent or Penguin? Retrieved October 26, 2008, from http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/paranormal_realm/117738/2