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Paranormal, before 1930236 stories · page 2

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The Lt. David McConnel Crisis Apparition at Scampton Aerodrome
December 7, 1918 · Scampton Aerodrome (RAF Scampton), near Lincoln, Lincolnshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 8 sources
18Thinly documented
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The Folkestone Poltergeist: the Cheriton dug-out at Enbrook Manor, 1917
November 1917 · Enbrook Manor, Cheriton, near Folkestone, Kent
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 15 sources
39Partially documented
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The Cottingley Fairies: Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths photograph fairies at Cottingley Beck
July 1917 · Cottingley Beck, Cottingley, near Bingley, West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 90 sources · 9 photos
31Partially documented
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The Haunted U-boat UB-65 and the Ghost of Lieutenant Richter
1917 · SM UB-65, from Hamburg and Bruges to the English Channel; wreck off Trevose Head, Padstow, Cornwall
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
16Thinly documented
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Shackleton's "fourth man": the unseen companion on the South Georgia crossing
May 19, 1916 · South Georgia, from Peggotty Camp at King Haakon Bay across the mountains to Stromness whaling station
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
20Thinly documented
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The Großerlach Poltergeist
April 30, 1916 · Farmhouse and stable of the widow Rosine Kleinknecht, Großerlach, Oberamt Backnang, Württemberg (today Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg)
Germany
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
34Partially documented
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The Ghost of Inverin: the Indreabhán poltergeist, County Galway, 1916
c. 1916 · Bawnrough, Inverin (Indreabhán), Connemara, County Galway
Ireland
Paranormal · Other · 13 sources
22Thinly documented
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The Montrose Ghost: Lt. Desmond Arthur at Montrose Air Station
1916 · Montrose Air Station (officers' mess, Montrose aerodrome), Angus, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 15 sources
19Thinly documented
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The Duende del Esparto: the knocking house of Plaza del Esparto, Valencia, 1915
c. 1915 · Plaza del Esparto no. 7 (now no. 5), entresuelo, Valencia
Spain
Paranormal · Other · 26 sources · 2 photos
32Partially documented
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The Thumping Ghost of McCormack Street, Port Melbourne
c. 1915 · McCormack Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
Paranormal · Other · 13 sources
30Partially documented
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The Goligher Circle, Belfast
1915 · Goligher family home, Ormeau Road, Belfast
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 27 sources · 1 photos
40Partially documented
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The Bayón house poltergeist, el miedo de Rayán
1915 · Rayán, Moreda parish, Aller, Asturias
Spain
Paranormal · Other · 20 sources
23Thinly documented
The Angels of Mons
August 23, 1914 · Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
Belgium
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 34 sources
24Thinly documented
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The Hull-House "Devil Baby"
October 1913 · Hull-House, 800 S. Halsted St., Near West Side (19th Ward), Chicago, Illinois
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 39 sources
23Thinly documented
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The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis
July 8, 1913 · Curran residence, St. Louis, Missouri
United States
Paranormal · Other · 31 sources
19Thinly documented
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The Cooneen Poltergeist: the Murphy farmhouse haunting, County Fermanagh (1913)
c. 1913 · Murphy farmhouse, Cornarooslan townland, Cooneen, near Brookeborough, County Fermanagh
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 34 sources
21Thinly documented
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The Enniscorthy Poltergeist: the Redmond lodging house on Court Street
July 7, 1910 · Redmond's house, Court Street, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
Ireland
Paranormal · Other · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
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Phenomenal Week: the 1909 Jersey Devil sighting wave
January 16, 1909 · Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, from Bristol, Pennsylvania, and Burlington to Camden and Gloucester City
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 52 sources
52Partially documented
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Eusapia Palladino's Naples sittings for the SPR committee of Feilding, Baggally and Carrington (1908)
November 21, 1908 · Hotel Victoria, Naples
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 29 sources
28Thinly documented
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The Indriði Indriðason Poltergeist: The Ghost of Jón and the Experimental Society Nights, Reykjavík 1907
December 1907 · Experimental House (Tilraunahúsið), Þingholtsstræti 3, Reykjavík
Iceland
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
28Thinly documented

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