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The Garstang Ghost
September 1881 · A lonely lane near Garstang, Lancashire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 6 sources
8Thinly documented
The Flying Dutchman Seen by Prince George, Later George V (1881)
July 11, 1881 · At sea between Melbourne and Sydney, usually placed in Bass Strait
Australia
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
23Thinly documented
The Golden Lane Ghost Riot
September 1880 · Black'n Boy Court, between Golden Lane and Whitecross Street, St Luke's, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 11 sources
22Thinly documented
"An Aerial Mystery": The Winged Man over Coney Island
c. 1880 · Coney Island, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
12Thinly documented
S. W. Hanna's "Young Sea-Serpent" in the Nets at New Harbor, Maine
August 1880 · Off New Harbor, Pemaquid peninsula, Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
21Thinly documented
The Coker Hill Knocking Ghost
June 1880 · Coker Hill, between East Chinnock and West Coker, near Yeovil, Somerset, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 15 sources
18Thinly documented
The Galisteo Junction "Aerial Monster" and the Collector of Curiosities, 1880
March 26, 1880 · Galisteo Junction (now Lamy), Santa Fe County, New Mexico Territory
United States
UAP · Cigar · 22 sources
30Partially documented
The Wolves of Turku, 1880 to 1882
January 18, 1880 · Turku district (Åbo län, Varsinais-Suomi), first attack at Vellua village about 50 km northwest of Turku
Finland
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
35Partially documented
The Knock Apparition
August 21, 1879 · South gable of the Church of St John the Baptist, Knock, County Mayo
Ireland
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 45 sources
36Partially documented
HMS Vulture's Revolving Wheels of Light, Persian Gulf, 1879
May 15, 1879 · Persian Gulf, Lat. 26°26′ N, Long. 53°11′ E, aboard HMS Vulture
International waters
UAP · Other · 16 sources
22Thinly documented
The Kiushiu Maru sea serpent gripping a whale off Cape Satano
April 5, 1879 · At sea about nine miles off Cape Satano (Cape Sata), Ōsumi Peninsula, Kagoshima, Kyushu
Japan
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
18Thinly documented
Major H. W. J. Senior's sea serpent from the SS City of Baltimore, Gulf of Aden, 1879
January 28, 1879 · Western Gulf of Aden, east-southeast of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait (lat. 12° 28′ N, long. 43° 52′ E)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
19Thinly documented
The Man-Monkey of Bridge 39
January 21, 1879 · Bridge 39 (High Bridge), Shropshire Union Canal, Norbury, Staffordshire, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
8Thinly documented
The haunted Churchill cottage at Knowle St Giles, near Chard (1879)
c. 1879 · Knowle St Giles, near Chard, Somerset, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 9 sources
14Thinly documented
The Thimble Tickle giant squid: three fishermen moor a stranded "devil-fish" in Notre Dame Bay
November 2, 1878 · Thimble Tickle (now Glovers Harbour), Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
20Thinly documented
The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878)
October 1878 · Cumberland Mountains near Caney Fork, White and Van Buren Counties, Tennessee; exhibited at the Metropolitan Theater, Louisville, Kentucky
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
29Thinly documented
The Great Amherst Mystery: The Esther Cox Poltergeist
September 4, 1878 · Teed cottage, Princess Street, Amherst, Nova Scotia
Canada
Paranormal · Other · 23 sources
27Thinly documented
John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878
January 22, 1878 · Near Denison, Grayson County, Texas (possibly near Dallas)
United States
UAP · Other · 12 sources
11Thinly documented
The Possessed Women of Verzegnis (le indemoniate), Carnia, 1878-1879
1878 · Verzegnis (hamlet of Chiaicis), Carnia, province of Udine, Friuli
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 29 sources
42Partially documented
The Face in the Courthouse Window (Ghost in the Garret), Pickens County Courthouse, Carrollton, Alabama
1878 · Pickens County Courthouse, Carrollton, Pickens County, Alabama
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 30 sources · 1 photos
31Partially documented

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