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Notre-Dame du Dimanche: Auguste Arnaud's vineyard apparitions
June 8, 1873 · Auguste Arnaud's vineyard, Saint-Bauzille-de-la-Sylve, near Gignac, Hérault
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 14 sources
23Thinly documented
The Bonham Sky Serpent and the Fort Scott Serpent
June 1873 · Near Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
15Thinly documented
Captain Towns' Apparition in the Wardrobe at Cranbrook, Rose Bay, Sydney, 1873
c. 1873 · Cranbrook (now Rawson House, Cranbrook School), Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales
Australia
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources
23Thinly documented
The Sheffield Park Ghost: Spring-heeled Jack scare and the nightly crowd hunts of 1873
May 1873 · Cholera Monument Grounds and Clay Wood, Park district, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
20Thinly documented
The Peckham Ghost scare: a leaping white figure in south London, 1872
November 10, 1872 · Peckham and Dulwich, south London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
20Thinly documented
The Surrency poltergeist
October 1872 · Surrency house, beside the railroad depot, Surrency, Appling County, Georgia
United States
Paranormal · Other · 24 sources
18Thinly documented
The Leda sea serpent: Rev. John Macrae and Rev. David Twopeny at Loch Hourn and the Sound of Sleat, 1872
August 20, 1872 · Loch Hourn and the Sound of Sleat, near Glenelg, Inverness-shire, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
27Thinly documented
The Midgeon Lagoon Bunyip: the Waa-Wee of Narrandera, 1872
April 1872 · Midgeon Lagoon (Lake Midgeon), about 16 miles north of Narrandera, Riverina, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
16Thinly documented
Mary Todd Lincoln and the Ghost of Abraham Lincoln: William H. Mumler's Spirit Photograph
c. 1872 · William H. Mumler's studio, 170 West Springfield Street, South End, Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 39 sources · 3 photos
24Thinly documented
The Sturgeon Lake monster chases the steamer Ogemah, with later sightings on Cameron Lake near Fenelon Falls
1872 · Sturgeon Lake, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario (later Cameron Lake, Fenelon Falls)
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
13Thinly documented
The Kilkee sea serpent at the Diamond Rocks
c. 1871 · Diamond Rocks, Kilkee, County Clare
Ireland
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
17Thinly documented
Coggia's Slow-Moving Red Fireball over Marseille Observatory
August 1, 1871 · Observatoire de Marseille, Longchamp plateau, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône
France
UAP · Orb / light · 13 sources
21Thinly documented
Mrs Guppy's "transit" to 61 Lamb's Conduit Street
June 3, 1871 · 61 Lamb's Conduit Street, Holborn, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
20Thinly documented
The Lake Pepin "marine monster": where the Pepie legend began (1871)
c. 1871 · Lake Pepin, Mississippi River, near Lake City, Minnesota
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
14Thinly documented
The Pontmain Apparition, "Our Lady of Hope"
January 17, 1871 · Pontmain, Mayenne, France
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
28Thinly documented
The Sheridan Boy and the Striped Queensland Tiger, Cardwell (1871)
1871 · Near Cardwell, Rockingham Bay district, north Queensland
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
16Thinly documented
Katie King materialisations: Florence Cook and William Crookes
1871 · 16 Bruce Villas, Hackney, and Crookes's house on Mornington Road, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 29 sources
45Partially documented
The Utah Lake "stove-pipe" serpent seen by Bishop William Price near Goshen, Utah (1871)
1871 · Road along the west shore of Utah Lake, near Goshen, Utah
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
24Thinly documented
The Lansingburgh Wild Man of the Woods (Troy, New York, 1870)
December 1870 · Gorge east of Rensselaer Park and Oakwood Cemetery, Lansingburgh (now Troy), Rensselaer County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
25Thinly documented
The Lady of the Lake circular cloud
March 22, 1870 · North Atlantic, about 400 miles north of the Equator and 860 miles from the coast of West Africa (Lat. 5° 47' N., Long. 27° 52' W.)
International waters
UAP · Disc / saucer · 9 sources
19Thinly documented

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