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The Willington Mill Haunting and Edward Drury's Overnight Vigil

July 3, 1840 · Mill house beside Willington Mill, Willington Quay, North Tyneside

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources

30Partially documented

Mary Jobson and the Bishopwearmouth (Sunderland) poltergeist

c. 1839 · Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham, England

Paranormal · Other · 21 sources

29Thinly documented

The Deil o' Baldarroch: the Baldarroch farm poltergeist

December 5, 1838 · Baldarroch farm, near Crathes, Banchory-Ternan parish, Aberdeenshire

Paranormal · Other · 20 sources

38Partially documented

The Lake Manitou Monster (Meshekenabek), Fulton County, Indiana, 1838

c. 1838 · Lake Manitou, near Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana

Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources

24Thinly documented

Lucy Scales and Spring-heeled Jack, Green Dragon Alley, Limehouse

February 28, 1838 · Green Dragon Alley, off Narrow Street, Limehouse, East London

Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources

27Thinly documented

Jane Alsop and Spring-heeled Jack: the Bear-bind Lane attack

February 19, 1838 · Bear-bind Lane, between Bow and Old Ford, East London

Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources

20Thinly documented

Spring-heeled Jack and the "Suburban Ghost" scare, London, 1837 to 1838

October 1837 · London suburbs: Clapham Common, Peckham, Old Ford (Bow) and Limehouse

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources

26Thinly documented

The Wild Woman of the Navidad

c. 1836 · Navidad River bottoms, near Sublime, Lavaca County, Texas

Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources

22Thinly documented

The Trinity Poltergeist: Captain Molesworth's house and the Webster v. Molesworth lawsuit

1835 · Trinity, near Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

Paranormal · Other · 13 sources

24Thinly documented

The Bealings Bells: phantom bell-ringing at Bealings House, Great Bealings, Suffolk

February 2, 1834 · Bealings House, Great Bealings, near Woodbridge, Suffolk

Paranormal · Other · 20 sources

21Thinly documented

Six Shetland fishermen catch a "mermaid" on their lines off Yell

July 1833 · At sea off the Isle of Yell, North Isles, Shetland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources

16Thinly documented

Captain Abijah Kellogg and the Lake Ontario sea serpent (1833)

June 15, 1833 · Near "the Ducks" islands, eastern Lake Ontario, on the route from Rochester to Kingston harbour

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

22Thinly documented

The British Officers' Sea Serpent of St. Margaret's Bay

May 15, 1833 · St. Margaret's Bay, between Halifax and Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources

27Thinly documented

The Syderstone Parsonage haunting and Rev. John Stewart's overnight investigation

May 15, 1833 · Syderstone Parsonage, Syderstone, near Fakenham, Norfolk, England

Paranormal · Other · 18 sources

20Thinly documented

B. H. Hodgson's shooters and the "wild man" of the Kachár

c. 1832 · The Kachár (Tibetan frontier zone), Nepal

Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources

20Thinly documented

The Wolstanton "Hoositon" Knocking Ghost

c. 1830 · Wolstanton, near Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources

20Thinly documented

The Rue du Bac Apparitions: Catherine Labouré and the Miraculous Medal

July 18, 1830 · Chapel of the Daughters of Charity motherhouse, 140 Rue du Bac, Paris

Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 72 sources

27Thinly documented

The Benbecula Mermaid: Stoned at Grimnis, Buried at Nunton (c. 1830)

c. 1830 · Grimnis and Cuile (Culla Bay), Nunton, Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources

25Thinly documented

The Baldoon Mystery: poltergeist on John McDonald's farm

November 1829 · Baldoon settlement, near Wallaceburg, Ontario

Paranormal · Other · 25 sources

26Thinly documented

The Cross of Migné: a luminous cross over Migné-Auxances

December 17, 1826 · Cemetery and church square, Migné (Migné-Auxances), near Poitiers, Vienne

Paranormal · Other · 32 sources

38Partially documented

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