Borinkus - St. John's River Monster - Legends of the Hidden Horde

Grab your life vest and pack a lunch, we are heading up stream in Episode 14: Borinkus, aka Jonnie, The St. John's River Monster

In the shadowed bends of the St. Johns River, where the water flows stubbornly northward against the grain of the world, Borinkus waits.

The river itself is a contradiction, a blackwater artery twisting 310 miles from the marshes near Vero Beach through cypress swamps, past Orlando’s sprawl, and into the Atlantic Ocean at Jacksonville. It carries the scent of decay and hyacinth rot, its surface often glass-still until something disturbs it from below....

Sources

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/in-search-of-the-st-johns-river-monster/

https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/8/18/cryptid-profile-pinky-aka-the-st-johns-river-monster

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/St._Johns_River_Monster

https://www.clickorlando.com/features/2026/04/04/ugly-thing-is-there-a-monster-lurking-in-the-st-johns-river/

https://fdc.com/blog/cryptid-creatures-of-florida/

https://jaxpsychogeo.com/2020/07/30/21645/

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https://uppbeat.io/t/albert-behar/final-witness

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