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The Stronsay Beast carcass and the Orkney sworn statements
September 25, 1808 · Rothiesholm Head, Stronsay, Orkney, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
34Partially documented
The Hammersmith Ghost panic and the shooting of Thomas Millwood, 1804
January 3, 1804 · Black Lion Lane at Beavor Lane, Hammersmith, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 22 sources
19Thinly documented
The Utsuro-bune (Hollow Ship) of Hitachi, 1803
1803 · Sharihama beach, Hasaki, Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture (historic Hitachi Province)
Japan
UAP · Other · 34 sources
19Thinly documented
The Canna Mermaid Testimonies
c. 1803 · Canna and the sea between Canna and Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
17Thinly documented
The Beast of Veyreau: a child-killing beast on the Causse Noir
c. 1799 · Veyreau, Causse Noir, Aveyron (Rouergue)
France
Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources
11Thinly documented
The Nelly Butler Apparition, Sullivan, Maine
1799 · Taunton Bay, Sullivan, Hancock County, Maine (often filed under Machiasport)
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
25Thinly documented
Our Lady of La Vang
c. 1798 · La Vang, Hải Lăng District, Quảng Trị Province
Vietnam
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 22 sources
18Thinly documented
The 1796 miraculous wave of moving-eyed Madonnas in Rome and Ancona
June 25, 1796 · Ancona (Cathedral of San Ciriaco) and Rome (Madonna dell'Archetto), Papal States
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 27 sources
35Partially documented
The Grianal Mermaid of Tiree
c. 1795 · Grianal (Greenhill), Tràigh Ghrianal, west Tiree, Inner Hebrides, Argyll
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
23Thinly documented
The Wizard Clip Haunting: Invisible Shears at the Livingston Farm
c. 1794 · Livingston farm near Smithfield (now Middleway), Jefferson County, West Virginia
United States
Paranormal · Other · 30 sources
33Partially documented
The Beast of Cusago (la Bestia feroce), Duchy of Milan
July 1792 · Cusago and the countryside west and north of Milan, Duchy of Milan
Italy
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources
15Thinly documented
The Alençon "fiery globe" landing and Inspector Liabeuf's report
June 12, 1790 · Hilltop near the city gates of Alençon, Orne, Normandy
France
UAP · Sphere · 18 sources
6Thinly documented
The Wynyard apparition (Sydney, Cape Breton, 1785)
October 15, 1785 · Officers' quarters, barracks of the 33rd Regiment of Foot, Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
Canada
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
23Thinly documented
The Ghost of Lord Lyttelton: The Three-Day Warning and the Apparition at Dartford
November 27, 1779 · Pitt Place, Epsom, Surrey (death) and the Dartford powder mills, Kent (apparition)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 14 sources
15Thinly documented
Hans Fuchs and the Two Tatzelwürmer of Unken
1779 · Unken, Saalach valley, Pinzgau, Salzburg
Austria
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
13Thinly documented
The Stockwell Ghost (Stockwell poltergeist)
January 6, 1772 · Stockwell village and Rush Common near Brixton Causeway, parish of Lambeth, Surrey (now London Borough of Lambeth)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
23Thinly documented
The Dibbesdorf Rapping Spirit (Klopfgeist zu Dibbesdorf)
December 2, 1767 · Dibbesdorf, near Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Germany
Paranormal · Other · 16 sources
33Partially documented
The Blairgowrie "Pyramid of Fire", River Isla and River Ericht, Perthshire, 1767
September 1767 · River Isla near Coupar Angus to the River Ericht above Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Other · 16 sources
23Thinly documented
The Bête de Sarlat: the beast of Saint-Julien and Groléjac (1766)
March 1766 · Parishes of Saint-Julien and Groléjac, near Sarlat, Périgord Noir, Dordogne
France
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
27Thinly documented
The Hinton Ampner Haunting: Mary Ricketts' Narrative
1765 · Old manor house, Hinton Ampner, near New Alresford, Hampshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
27Thinly documented

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