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  Spring-heeled Jack engraving; not confirmed to depict the Lincoln scene. Scan

  Illustrated Police News ·from Spring-heeled Jack shot at by a mob at Newport Arch, Lincoln (1877) (1877)
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  Illustration of a lonely old cottage; probably generic, not the actual cottage Scan

  Photo: Wikicommons ·from The Derrygonnelly Poltergeist: The Demons of Derrygonelly, 1877 (1877)
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  Portrait of William F. Barrett Scan

  from The Derrygonnelly Poltergeist: The Demons of Derrygonelly, 1877 (1877)
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  Image accompanying Tim Prasil's blog post on Barrett Scan

  from The Derrygonnelly Poltergeist: The Demons of Derrygonelly, 1877 (1877)
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  Portrait of Sir William Fletcher Barrett Scan

  Bassano Ltd, 1920, NPG x78550, National Portrait Gallery, London ·from The Derrygonnelly Poltergeist: The Demons of Derrygonelly, 1877 (1877)
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  The Sea Serpent in the Mediterranean, a Sketch from H.M. Yacht 'Osborne' off the North Coast of Sicily. The Graphic, 1877, engraved from Lieutenant Haynes's sketch. Scan

  Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited ·from The Royal Yacht Osborne Sea Monster off Sicily (1877)
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  Portrait of Mary Roff Scan

  Unknown author ·from The Watseka Wonder: Lurancy Vennum and the Return of Mary Roff (1877)
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  Portrait of Lurancy Vennum Scan

  Unknown author ·from The Watseka Wonder: Lurancy Vennum and the Return of Mary Roff (1877)
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  Vennum family photograph (link not verified) Scan

  from The Watseka Wonder: Lurancy Vennum and the Return of Mary Roff (1877)
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  Screenshot of the Texas Co-op Power article with John Wilson's illustration Scan

  Anomaly Archives / Texas Co-op Power ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Farmers' Almanac 2020 cover Scan

  Farmers' Almanac ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Front page of the Denison Daily News, January 25, 1878 Scan

  Anomaly Archives ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Artist rendition of the Denison sighting Scan

  The Black Vault ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  The "A Strange Phenomenon" clipping, Denison Daily News, 1878 Scan

  Anomaly Archives ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Modern illustration of the 1878 sighting Scan

  John Wilson, Texas Co-op Power ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Farmers' Almanac 2020 article on the "first UFO sighting" Scan

  Farmers' Almanac ·from John Martin's "Large Saucer" over North Texas, 1878 (1878)
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  Page 572 of "The Man-Fish of Tennessee," Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, December 1878 Scan

  Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal via PubMed Central ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)

  cation."—Philadelphia: Lindslay & Blakeston. Sold by all booksellers and druggists. Also, "The Physician's Pocket Day-Book, by C. Henri Leonard, M.A., M.D." Price $1.00-Detroit, Mich. These are conveniently arranged for the use of practicing physicians, to be carried regularly in the pocket. The for…

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  Page 573 of "The Man-Fish of Tennessee" Scan

  Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal via PubMed Central ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)

  or fish-skin disease, called iethyosis serpentina, or serpent-skin; and his general effect is more that of a serpent than of a fish. But upon different parts of his body may be found nearly all the varieties of iethyosis. The resemblance of this man's skin to the shed skin of a boa-constrictor, late…

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  Page 574 of "The Man-Fish of Tennessee" Scan

  Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal via PubMed Central ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)

  length. I have never seen them longer than an eighth of an inch. Many years ago two brothers in England having this form of icthyosis were exhibited in the shows as porcupine-men. Icthyosis is one of the rarest of skin-diseases. I am under the impression that it is more frequent in Europe than in th…

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  For comparison only: an unrelated ichthyosis patient in a plate by George Henry Fox Scan

  George Henry Fox via Wikimedia Commons ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)
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  "Caney Fork Wild Man," modern artwork in freak-show poster style, not a photograph Scan

  L.A. Giampetro ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)
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  "A Wild Man," apparently an 1878 newspaper item (content not verified) Scan

  Cumberland Gal blog ·from The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878) (1878)
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  The Pickens County Courthouse in Carrollton, Alabama, September 1998. Scan

  Calvin Beale (USDA) ·from The Face in the Courthouse Window (Ghost in the Garret), Pickens County Courthouse, Carrollton, Alabama (1878)
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  Alleged haunted house. The Great Amherst Mystery. Scan

  Hereward Carrington, Personal Experiences in Spiritualism (1913) ·from The Great Amherst Mystery: The Esther Cox Poltergeist (1878)
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  Amherst mural commemorating the case, from Esther Fest coverage Scan

  Superstitious Times ·from The Great Amherst Mystery: The Esther Cox Poltergeist (1878)
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  Generic witch-hunt illustration used as editorial art; not the Verzegnis event Scan

  from The Possessed Women of Verzegnis (le indemoniate), Carnia, 1878-1879 (1878)
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  The Sea-Serpent, as seen by Major Senior of the City of Baltimore. The same engraving, copied from Lee. Scan

  A. C. Oudemans, The Great Sea-Serpent (1892), Fig. 46 ·from Major H. W. J. Senior's sea serpent from the SS City of Baltimore, Gulf of Aden, 1879 (1879)
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  The 'Sea Serpent' as seen from the 'City of Baltimore'. Period engraving reproduced from The Graphic. Scan

  Henry Lee, Sea Monsters Unmasked (1883), Fig. 21 ·from Major H. W. J. Senior's sea serpent from the SS City of Baltimore, Gulf of Aden, 1879 (1879)
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  Engraving after Captain Davison's sketch of the sea serpent and the whale, published in The Graphic, 19 July 1879 Scan

  The Graphic, 1879, via Futility Closet ·from The Kiushiu Maru sea serpent gripping a whale off Cape Satano (1879)
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  Witness Mary Byrne in 1935 Scan

  Knock Museum Collection ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  The apparition gable at Knock Scan

  Knock Shrine ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  Four illustrations captioned 'The alleged apparitions at Knock' from The Graphic, July 17, 1880 Scan

  Mayo Library ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  Pilgrims praying at the apparition gable of Knock church in 1880, with crutches left at the wall Scan

  Wynne Photographic Collection (Thomas J. Wynne) ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  Archdeacon Bartholomew Cavanagh, parish priest of Knock Scan

  Knock Shrine ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  Handwritten testimony of witness Judy Campbell Scan

  Knock Museum Collection ·from The Knock Apparition (1879)
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  Illustrative monkey image accompanying a 2008 blog post on the Man-Monkey Scan

  Man-Beast UK blog; no credit given ·from The Man-Monkey of Bridge 39 (1879)
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  The bridge of the Man-Monkey, a modern photograph of Bridge 39 Scan

  Nick Redfern blog; photographer not given ·from The Man-Monkey of Bridge 39 (1879)
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  Illustration of the haunted cottage near Chard where an elderly man was murdered, probably a period newspaper engraving Scan

  Findmypast (unconfirmed) ·from The haunted Churchill cottage at Knowle St Giles, near Chard (1879) (1879)
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  A Coney Island pier in the 1880s Scan

  Westland ·from "An Aerial Mystery": The Winged Man over Coney Island (1880)
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  The New York Times item "An Aerial Mystery," 12 September 1880 Scan

  The New York Times archive ·from "An Aerial Mystery": The Winged Man over Coney Island (1880)

  AN AERIAL MYSTERY. One day last week a marvelous apparition was seen near Coney Island. At the height of at least a thousand feet in the air a strange object was in the act of flying toward the New-Jersey coast. It was apparently a man with bat's wings and improved frog's legs. The face of the man c…

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  Thomas De Witt Talmage, c. 1870 Scan

  Photographer unknown; source Dalebooks ·from "An Aerial Mystery": The Winged Man over Coney Island (1880)
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  Dreamland postcard, Coney Island (from a later period) Scan

  Brooklyn Atlantic ·from "An Aerial Mystery": The Winged Man over Coney Island (1880)
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  Maine fisherman S. W. Hanna's sketch of the 'sea serpent' he spotted off New Harbor suggests the specimen was actually an oarfish. Scan

  S. W. Hanna, 1880, via Hakai Magazine ·from S. W. Hanna's "Young Sea-Serpent" in the Nets at New Harbor, Maine (1880)
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  Scan of the Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission page with Hanna's drawing. Scan

  Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, scanned by Ron Huber ·from S. W. Hanna's "Young Sea-Serpent" in the Nets at New Harbor, Maine (1880)
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  A magic lantern, illustration for Part 3; not from the event Scan

  from The Coker Hill Knocking Ghost (1880)
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  Melting wax, illustration for Part 4; not from the event Scan

  from The Coker Hill Knocking Ghost (1880)
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  Header image for Part 1 of the blog series; content unverified Scan

  from The Coker Hill Knocking Ghost (1880)
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  A magpie, illustration for Part 2; not from the event Scan

  from The Coker Hill Knocking Ghost (1880)
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  Albert Pinkham Ryder, The Flying Dutchman, about 1887. A painting of the legend, not of the 1881 sighting. Scan

  Albert Pinkham Ryder, Smithsonian American Art Museum ·from The Flying Dutchman Seen by Prince George, Later George V (1881) (1881)
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  Illustration of Lower Gornal from the strangehistory.net post Scan

  from The Lower Gornal Churchyard Ghost Scare, 1881 (1881)