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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
The Wild Man of Crow Canyon and the Orestimba Creek Gorillas
1870 · Orestimba Creek mountains, Diablo Range, about 20 miles south of Grayson, Stanislaus County, California (with an earlier report from Crow Canyon, near Mount Diablo)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
26Thinly documented
Kawekaweau killed by an Urewera chief in the Waimana Valley
1870 · Waimana Valley, Te Urewera, Bay of Plenty, North Island
New Zealand
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
14Thinly documented
Francisco de Amaral Varella's Minhocão on the Rio das Caveiras
c. 1870 · Bank of the Rio das Caveiras, about 10 km from Lages, Santa Catarina
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
26Thinly documented
Old Sheff, the Arcadia Valley "wild man or gorilla" of Crawford County, Kansas (1869)
c. 1869 · Arcadia valley, Crawford County, Kansas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources
21Thinly documented
The Wild Man of Woodhull: 200 Men Hunt a Shrieking Figure Through the Steuben County Woods
June 1869 · Woodhull and Troupsburg, Steuben County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
34Partially documented
The Ashley House levitation: Daniel Dunglas Home floats between third-floor windows, London 1868
December 13, 1868 · Ashley Place (also given as Ashley House, Victoria Street), Westminster, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 31 sources
18Thinly documented
The Cromwell Terrace "ghost" crowds, Paddington, London (1868)
c. 1868 · Cromwell Terrace, Harrow Road, Paddington, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 8 sources
8Thinly documented
Frederick William Birmingham's Parramatta Park Ark
July 25, 1868 · Parramatta Park, Parramatta, New South Wales
Australia
UAP · Other · 19 sources
13Thinly documented
The Bear Lake Monster: Joseph C. Rich's settler sightings
c. 1868 · Bear Lake, west shore road between Fish Haven and St. Charles, Idaho, and South Eden, Utah
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources
19Thinly documented
The Metallic Flying Creature of Copiapó
March 17, 1868 · Mine near La Ternera, Copiapó, Atacama region
Chile
UAP · Creature · 11 sources
8Thinly documented
The Wild Man on the Manitous, Lake Michigan (1868)
1868 · One of the Manitou Islands, Lake Michigan, Michigan
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
24Thinly documented
Giant bird carries off Jemmie Kenney, Tippah County, Mississippi
1868 · A school in Tippah County, Mississippi
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources
14Thinly documented
Giglioli's Whale: the Two-Finned Whale Seen from the Corvette Magenta
September 4, 1867 · South Pacific Ocean, about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) off the coast of Chile
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
22Thinly documented
The Lake Utopia Monster at the Ludgates' Sawmill
July 24, 1867 · Lake Utopia, St. George Parish, Charlotte County, New Brunswick
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
24Thinly documented
The Woburn Square ghost riots, Bloomsbury, London, 1867
May 1867 · Woburn Square garden, Bloomsbury, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 7 sources
10Thinly documented
The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade
January 13, 1866 · House no. 63, Philippsdorf (now Filipov, Jiříkov), Šluknov hook, northern Bohemia
Czech Republic
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
21Thinly documented
The Illfurth Possessions of Theobald and Joseph Burner
September 25, 1865 · Illfurth (Illfurt), Haut-Rhin, Alsace
France
Paranormal · Other · 16 sources
35Partially documented
James Lumley's Cadotte Pass "meteor with hieroglyphics"
c. 1865 · Near Cadotte Pass, upstream of the Great Falls of the Upper Missouri, Montana Territory
United States
UAP · Other · 20 sources
16Thinly documented
MacFarlane's Bear: the ancient unexpected bear of Rendezvous Lake (1864)
June 24, 1864 · Rendezvous Lake, northeast of Fort Anderson, Barren Grounds, Northwest Territories
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
39Partially documented

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