Usurping Serpents: How a Minister Kicked off a Cryptid Craze | Odd Salon ADRIFT

Odd Salon Fellow Stuart Gripman tells the tale of how a supposes sea serpent sighting off the coast of Greenland set off a wave of monster sightings in the 1700s.
Recorded live at Odd Salon ADRIFT: A special fundraising evening for Naga & the Captainess featuring talks by Odd Salon at the Robot Heart Foundation Residency in Oakland, California.
Naga & the Captainess is an experiential sculptural art installation debuting this year at Burning Man. Naga and the Captainess is an immersive scene involving a treasure-protecting sea serpent (Naga), cargo & treasure chests floating in the ocean, and a half-sunken adventurers ship (the Aldrovanda) helmed by a mysterious woman known only as the Captainess. Find out more: fivetoncrane.o...
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