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The Boy of Bilson: William Perry's Faked Possession, Staffordshire, 1620
1620 · Bilson (modern Bilston), Staffordshire; examined at Eccleshall Castle
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
21Thinly documented
The Devil of Mâcon (L'Antidémon de Mascon)
September 1612 · House of pastor François Perreaud, Mâcon, Burgundy
France
Paranormal · Other · 19 sources
31Partially documented
The Finding of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre: the Three Juanes at Nipe Bay
c. 1612 · Nipe Bay, off Cayo Francés, Holguín Province
Cuba
Paranormal · Other · 33 sources
24Thinly documented
The spring apparitions of Our Lady of Caysasay
c. 1611 · Caysasay, Taal, Batangas
Philippines
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
37Partially documented
Our Lady of Good Success: the Virgin asks Abbess Mariana de Jesús Torres for a statue, Quito, 1610
February 2, 1610 · Real Monasterio de la Inmaculada Concepción (upper choir), historic centre, Quito
Ecuador
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 21 sources
19Thinly documented
Richard Whitbourne's Mermaid in St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland
1610 · St. John's Harbour, Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources
27Thinly documented
The 1609 Gangwon Province Fire-Light Sightings
September 22, 1609 · Gangwon Province (Ganseong, Wonju, Gangneung, Chuncheon, Yangyang), Joseon Korea
South Korea
UAP · Other · 22 sources
24Thinly documented
The Aix-en-Provence Possessions and the Burning of Louis Gaufridy
1609 · Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, with exorcisms at the Sainte-Baume sanctuary, Provence
France
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
31Partially documented
Henry Hudson's crew and the mermaid of the Barents Sea
June 15, 1608 · Barents Sea, at noon latitude 75° 7′ N, on the way from North Cape towards Novaya Zemlya
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
20Thinly documented
The Šiluva apparition (Our Lady of Šiluva), 1608
1608 · Šiluva, Raseiniai District, Samogitia (Žemaitija)
Lithuania
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
26Thinly documented
The possession of Mary Glover and the trial of Elizabeth Jackson
April 1602 · Thames Street, City of London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 25 sources
33Partially documented
The possession of Marthe Brossier and the royal physicians' tests, Paris, 1599
March 30, 1599 · Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève and the Grand Châtelet, Paris (case began at Romorantin, Berry)
France
Paranormal · Other · 26 sources
40Partially documented
Thomas Darling, the "Boy of Burton" possession
February 1596 · Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Winsell Wood, Stapenhill)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 17 sources
33Partially documented
The Seven in Lancashire: the Cleworth Hall Possessions
February 1595 · Cleworth Hall, Tyldesley, Lancashire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
36Partially documented
The North Aston poltergeist: strange and wonderful accidents at Master George Lee's house (1591)
November 19, 1591 · House of Master George Lee, North Aston, Oxfordshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 15 sources
25Thinly documented
The Shoemaker of Breslau: a suicide's ghost torments a Silesian town
September 20, 1591 · Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia; possibly Strzegom (Striegau)
Poland
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 18 sources
22Thinly documented
The Witches of Warboys: the Throckmorton Children's Fits
November 1589 · Throckmorton manor house, Warboys, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire), England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 24 sources
30Partially documented
The Renewal of the Chiquinquirá Painting
December 26, 1586 · Santana family oratory, Chiquinquirá, near Tunja, Boyacá
Colombia
Paranormal · Other · 24 sources
27Thinly documented
The finding of the Kazan icon (Our Lady of Kazan)
July 8, 1579 · Kazan posad (trading quarter), site of the later Kazan Bogoroditsky Monastery
Russia
Paranormal · Other · 27 sources
16Thinly documented
Black Shuck at Bungay and Blythburgh
August 4, 1577 · St Mary's Church, Bungay and Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, Suffolk, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
24Thinly documented

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