We found this old newspaper article today in the New York Times archives. The article was first published in the San Francisco Chronicle on March 28, 1885. We find this article interesting and important because it establishes that there was a reported multiple eyewitness sighting of a sea serpent in SF Bay in 1885 similar in appearance to the animal we have seen. The "Goat Island" which is mentioned in the article is now named "Yerba Buena Island". Here is the entire article:

A COUPLE OF FISH STORIES

SAN FRANCISCO BAY FURNISHES A SEA
SERPENT AND A MONSTER.

From the San Francisco Chronicle, March 28.

The existence of the giant sea serpent is
no longer in doubt. It has been seen in the
waters of San Francisco Bay. According to the
statement of J.P. Allen, of the Bank of California,
he and several other residents of Alameda
were standing on the deck of the ferryboat
Garden City yesterday morning, at about
8:00 o’clock, about midway between Alameda
and Goat Island, when a huge black monster
suddenly raised its head and neck from the water
to a height of about 10 feet, opened its jaws,
displaying a mouth two feet wide filled with rows
of sharply pointed teeth, and after taking a
curious glance at the passing steamer plunged
again into the water, at the same time elevating
a sixty-foot tail, with which it thrashed the
water for some time, after which it made off in
the direction of the Alameda baths, near which
some fishing boats were anchored. Some incredulous
persons to whom the story was told say
that the ferryboat struck a floating spar, forcing
one end downward in the water and elevating
the other as the steamer passed over the
submerged end, and that after the steamer had
passed the elevated end fell back into the water
with a splash. We may expect soon to hear of
the destruction of the Alameda fishing fleet, or
more probably the establishment of a hotel for
Summer boarders in the vicinity of the Alameda
wharf.
Besides the sea serpent, which gave a powerful
impetus to the romancing powers of several
reputable gentlemen crossing on a ferryboat, the
bay yielded a sea monster of such strange
appearance that the oldest tar on the seawall has
not yet given it a name. The monster was
first seen by Carl Sevening and John Peat, who
were rowing near the North Heads at about 9
o’clock yesterday morning. The animal exposed
a fiercely mustached head of a shape between
that of a seal and a sea lion, surveyed the
scene, took a dislike to the rowboat, and
charged upon it. Just before reaching the
boat the monster dived and came up under
the boat, lifting it and the occupants, but not
capsizing it. The enemy made a second
appearance on the opposite side of the boat,
four foot off, and was met with active battle.
Peat dealt a blow on the monster’s head with an
oar, knocking it out for a moment, and Sevening
followed with another blow which knocked
the beast silly. The pair then secured the animal
with the boat’s painter and began towing
it, when the enemy came to time for a second
round. This it began by towing the boat
rapidly for a quarter of a mile. It then came to
the surface for breath, when Sevening landed it
a blow, gaining first blood, and ending the fight
with a square knock-out. The enemy turned
belly up and was towed to the foot of Larkin
street, where it took six men to land it. The
animal measured 6 feet in length and weighed
about 300 pounds. It had green eyes and a long,
white, bristling mustache. It had two flippers
of great strength, which measured 1 1/2 feet in
length. The capture will be kept at the foot of
Larkin street until noon today.


The New York Times
Published April 5, 1885

On April 13, 2009 the following was posted at Cryptomundo in the comment section regarding an article posted there about our January 26, 2004 video:

My husband and I live in the Candlestick Point condos off the 101 and saw the sea serpent twice in the summer of 2007. I saw it first while driving alone. It was undulating in and out of the water and I could clearly see what looked like several humps moving smoothing and hardly disturbing the water. I’ve never witnessed anything like it before and always doubted the Loch Ness monster and Lake Champlain stories. I actually visited Loch Ness in Scotland and took the tour of the lake and didn’t see anything.

So, I was shocked to see it in our own back yard. Of course when I told my husband, he didn’t believe me until he saw it himself while driving about a week later. The area is rife with birds — pelicans, seagulls, cranes and lots of little birds. It’s a popular area with wind surfers, too. We last saw it in August 2007. My husband saw it eat a pelican sitting in the water and those birds are huge. As I was driving and trying to watch the road, I didn’t see it happen, but immediately after we both witnessed a bunch of pelicans wildly dive-bombing the serpent in the water as if on the attack. I remember it clearly as I almost crashed the car watching all the commotion. It was the most amazing thing I ever saw– these pelicans fighting so hard for something. We haven’t seen the serpent since. Perhaps the pelicans injured it…

I was surprised to later learn of the twin brothers who’ve been watching and recording this serpent in the San Francisco Bay area near the Golden Gate Bridge for some time. I’m sorry to say that I doubted them when I saw them on television (as I hadn’t seen it myself) but now I’m convinced its the same creature or species. I guess you have to see it to believe it.

While we haven’t had the fortune to see it since that time, we continue to keep an eye out every time we drive home.

We are hoping that sometime in the future these people will get in touch with us and we can get more information about their sightings.