dec 6, 1926 - Newt Scamander disembarks from a steamship in New York harbor
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Newt Scamander walks off the ship and goes through customs, then walks through Manhattan, taking in the sights. As he walks near a bank, a niffler escapes from his case and runs into the bank. Newt follows and, in the process of retrieving the niffler, meets a Muggle named Jacob Kowalski. The two accidentally switch cases.
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