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Pro early
Arthur Ford's "Rosabelle, believe" Houdini séance
January 8, 1929 · Home of Bess Houdini, 67 Payson Avenue, Inwood, Manhattan, New York City
United States
Paranormal · Other · 34 sources
20Thinly documented
Pro early
The Casa delle pietre: the stone-throwing poltergeist of Campo San Boldo, Venice
c. 1929 · Campo San Boldo, San Polo, Venice
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 13 sources
21Thinly documented
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The Earling Exorcism of Anna Ecklund (Emma Schmidt)
August 18, 1928 · Franciscan Sisters' convent, Earling, Shelby County, Iowa
United States
Paranormal · Other · 18 sources
22Thinly documented
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The Poona Poltergeist: Damodar Bapat and the Ketkar household, 1928 to 1930
June 1928 · Home of Dr. S. V. Ketkar, Poona (Pune), Bombay Presidency
India
Paranormal · Other · 12 sources
23Thinly documented
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The Battersea Poltergeist of Eland Road: the Robinson Family Haunting, 1927 to 1928
November 1927 · Eland Road, off Lavender Hill, Battersea, London SW11
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 14 sources · 1 photos
24Thinly documented
The Nicholas Roerich Expedition Sighting, Kukunor District, 1927
August 5, 1927 · Kukunor district, near the Humboldt chain (Danghe Nanshan / Ulan Daban), Qinghai
China
UAP · Egg · 35 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
Thirty carloads watch Naitaka off Okanagan Mission
September 1926 · Okanagan Mission district, Okanagan Lake, south of Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
21Thinly documented
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The Chaffin will case: a dead father's apparition reveals a hidden will
June 1925 · Near Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 16 sources
19Thinly documented
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The Moore's Beach Sea Monster Carcass, Santa Cruz (1925)
c. 1925 · Moore's Beach (now Natural Bridges State Beach), Santa Cruz, California
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources · 5 photos
49Partially documented
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Eleonore Zugun, the Talpa Poltergeist
February 1925 · Talpa, Cândești commune, Botoșani County (later Vienna, London, Berlin and Munich)
Romania
Paranormal · Other · 24 sources · 2 photos
51Partially documented
N. A. Tombazi's Yeti Sighting near the Zemu Glacier, Sikkim Himalaya (1925)
1925 · Southern glaciers of Kangchenjunga, below the Zemu Gap (reported as near the Zemu Glacier), Sikkim
India
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
30Partially documented
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The ahool of Mount Salak (Ernst Bartels, 1925 and 1927)
1925 · Slopes of Mount Salak, West Java, Dutch East Indies
Indonesia
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
19Thinly documented
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Topilsky's Pamir wild man
1925 · Vanch Mountains, Pamirs, Vanj District, Gorno-Badakhshan
Tajikistan
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
22Thinly documented
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Toronto Morality Squad seizes a "materialised spirit" at Rev. Arthur Hildreth's séance, Sovereign Hall, Dovercourt Road, Toronto (1925)
c. 1925 · Sovereign Hall (now Dovercourt House), 805 Dovercourt Road, Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources
29Thinly documented
The SS Watertown Phantom Faces
c. 1924 · Pacific Ocean, off the Pacific coast of Mexico (aboard the tanker SS Watertown)
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 27 sources · 2 photos
21Thinly documented
Trunko: The Margate Globster
c. 1924 · Margate beach, Natal South Coast (now KwaZulu-Natal)
South Africa
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 1 photos
23Thinly documented
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Trunko, the white-furred sea monster of Margate
October 25, 1924 · Margate Beach (Tragedy Bay), Margate, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)
South Africa
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources · 7 photos
24Thinly documented
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The "Margery" Séances and Houdini's Sittings for the Scientific American Prize
July 23, 1924 · 10 Lime Street, Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
31Partially documented
The Battle of Ape Canyon
July 1924 · Ape Canyon, Mount St. Helens, Skamania County, Washington
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
30Partially documented
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Ape Canyon "Apemen" Attack, Mount St. Helens
July 1924 · Ape Canyon, Mount St. Helens, Skamania County, Washington
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources
28Thinly documented

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