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  Drawing of the airship by Agnes Falconer Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Richard Pearse's aeroplane, the only local aviation of the period Scan

  from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Tony Brunt's 1967 composite sketch of the 1909 airship Scan

  Tony Brunt ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Drawing of the airship by Thomas Jenkins Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Montgomery County Sentinel headline of 2 December 1932 on the Snallygaster's return Scan

  Library of Congress ·from The Snallygaster of Middletown, Maryland (1909) (1909)

  Sleeping Snallygaster Snores Serenely In Sugar Loaf Sunday; Seven Snares Set Winged Bovalopus Frightens Ten, As Hunters Spy Him In His Den; Open Season On Monster Called And Countryside Is Appalled-Last Seen 23 Years Ago, Lives On Colored Men, Don't You Know…

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  Fort Wayne Daily News, 20 December 1909, reporting Arthur W. Hoe's sighting in Boston harbour Scan

  Fort Wayne Daily News, via Patrick Gross ·from The Tillinghast Airship: New England's Phantom Searchlight (1909)

  Mysterious Aviator. BOSTON, Dec. 30—Recent mathematicus of Wallace Tillisher, an avid sailor, flew from New York and back were given new life here today by the story of a man who was a United States immigration station, who deceived he saw a mysterious airplane pass over Boston early today. Aroused …

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  Lake Manitoba. Scan

  Superstitious Times ·from Valentine McKay's huge creature in Cedar Lake, Manitoba (1909) (1909)
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  The 1962 Manipogo photograph taken on Lake Manitoba near Meadow Portage. A separate case, not McKay's Cedar Lake creature. Scan

  Richard Vincent and John Konefall ·from Valentine McKay's huge creature in Cedar Lake, Manitoba (1909) (1909)
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  A cow moose and calf, offered as a possible explanation for lake monster sightings. Scan

  Getty Images ·from Valentine McKay's huge creature in Cedar Lake, Manitoba (1909) (1909)
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  Google Earth view of Lake Manitoba from Kinosota Front Road. Scan

  Superstitious Times / Google Earth ·from Valentine McKay's huge creature in Cedar Lake, Manitoba (1909) (1909)
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  A jumping sturgeon, offered as a possible explanation for prairie lake monsters. Scan

  Getty Images ·from Valentine McKay's huge creature in Cedar Lake, Manitoba (1909) (1909)
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  Nahuel Huapi Lake scenery Scan

  Getty Images, via Travelbook ·from George Garret's creature in Nahuel Huapi Lake (1910)
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  Aerial view of the Huemul Arm of Nahuel Huapi Lake, looking south-west Scan

  via Patagonia Monsters (Austin Whittall) ·from George Garret's creature in Nahuel Huapi Lake (1910)
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  Map of the 1902 lakeside colony at Nahuel Huapi Scan

  archivo.argentina.indymedia.org, via Patagonia Monsters ·from George Garret's creature in Nahuel Huapi Lake (1910)
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  A spider monkey, shown as the suggested explanation for the case. Scan

  Patrick Gross site ·from Haines's "Didi" encounter on the Konawaruk River, British Guiana (1910)
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  The 'Bombala anthropoid', Will Donald's artist's impression printed in The Sun, Sydney, November 1912. Often linked to Harper's account, though Joyner says it was based on the Bombala footprint reports. Scan

  Will Donald / Sydney Sun ·from Charles Harper's Hairy Man of the Currickbilly Range (1912) (1912)
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  RASC archive copy of the hand-tinted JRASC plate Scan

  RASC Archives ·from The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) (1913)

  METEORIC DISPLAY OF FEBRUARY 9, 1913 (From a drawing by Gustave Hahn, Toronto). The above represents a portion of the display as observed by Mr. and Mrs. Hahn, in the vicinity of High Park, Toronto. The spaces between succeeding clusters were actually somewhat greater than shown here.…

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  Gustav Hahn's painting of the procession as he saw it from near High Park, Toronto Scan

  Gustav Hahn, c. 1913 ·from The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) (1913)
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  Hand-tinted JRASC plate of the 1913 procession, high resolution Scan

  RASC Archives; Acknowledgement: Bradley E. Schaefer (LSU) ·from The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) (1913)
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  Hand-tinted plate from Chant's 1913 JRASC paper; stars and meteors were added by hand Scan

  RASC Archives; Acknowledgement: Bradley E. Schaefer (LSU) ·from The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) (1913)
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  Artist's redrawing of Captain Millar's sketch, Sunday Times (Perth), 25 May 1913 Scan

  Sunday Times (Perth), 1913, via Malcolm Smith ·from The Dimboola sea serpent in the Great Australian Bight (1913)
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  Facsimile of the mock Fish Liars Association certificate, Herald (Melbourne), 29 May 1913 Scan

  Herald (Melbourne), 1913, via Malcolm Smith ·from The Dimboola sea serpent in the Great Australian Bight (1913)
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  Captain Millar's sketch of the creature, probably Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 31 May 1913 Scan

  1913 newspaper, via Malcolm Smith ·from The Dimboola sea serpent in the Great Australian Bight (1913)
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  The Hull-House reception room, 1910s to 1930s Scan

  Hull-House Photograph Collection, 0000.0159.1408, UIC ·from The Hull-House "Devil Baby" (1913)
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  Portrait of Jane Addams Scan

  from The Hull-House "Devil Baby" (1913)
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  The Hull mansion with the Butler Building and livery stables, about 1891 to 1894 Scan

  Hull-House Photograph Collection, 0000.0132.2601, UIC ·from The Hull-House "Devil Baby" (1913)
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  Six toddlers in the Hull-House Nursery, about 1890 to 1895 Scan

  Hull-House Photograph Collection, 0000.0223.0376, UIC ·from The Hull-House "Devil Baby" (1913)
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  Front of Hull-House, Chicago Scan

  Unverified; filename suggests a Wikimedia Commons copy ·from The Hull-House "Devil Baby" (1913)
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  Casper Yost, investigator Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  The Patience Worth novels Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  Pearl Curran, about 1926 Scan

  From W. F. Prince, The Case of Patience Worth (1927) ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  Patience Worth séance typescript, Volume 1, page 1 (thumbnail) Scan

  Missouri Historical Society ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  Pearl Curran Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  Patience Worth séance typescript, Volume 1, page 5, with the July 8, 1913 entry (thumbnail) Scan

  Missouri Historical Society ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  Walter Franklin Prince Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  William Marion Reedy Scan

  Psi Encyclopedia ·from The first "Patience Worth" communication, St. Louis (1913)
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  Probably a scan of Gordon Creighton's 1962 Flying Saucer Review article on the Greytown report Scan

  Patrick Gross / Flying Saucer Review ·from 1914 South African "Phantom Monoplane" Wave and the Greytown, Natal Landing Report (1914)
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  Kalapalo men of the Xingu, not connected to this case Scan

  Eduardo Giacomazzi ·from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Percy Fawcett in 1911 Scan

  from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Fawcett mapping the Brazil and Bolivia frontier, 1908 Scan

  Royal Geographical Society ·from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Illustration from a blog post on the Maricoxi; contents and credit unknown Scan

  from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Henry Costin with an Amazonian tribe, 1914 Scan

  Courtesy of Michael Costin, via davidgrann.com ·from Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men (1914)
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  Illustrated London News Christmas number, 29 November 1915: "The Ghostly Bowmen of Mons fight the Germans", from a drawing by A. Forestier Scan

  Illustrated London News / A. Forestier, via Historic UK ·from The Angels of Mons (1914)
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  Painting, "The Angel of Mons (Three German Soldiers and a Vision)" Scan

  York Museums Trust (York Art Gallery) ·from The Angels of Mons (1914)
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  Memorial in the Mons cemetery to French, Belgian and German dead Scan

  Australian War Memorial, P00609.002 ·from The Angels of Mons (1914)

  PAP CELSIUS ALPHA DIVIER DENTIFIRE SAN FRANZOUSHE REGGER DIE IN DEN KANPRIEN BEI THEN AN DEN ANGUSTEN FVR JUR WATERFUND STAFFEN A LAC FOU DES BRIVES GWERFRIES FRATIAL DE ALLEMANDES TOFRES FOUR LEV PATRIE DE JUNN AUX TON DANS LES COOPRATS DE THEN…

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  Australian red ensign carried on the retreat from Mons by Cpl Edward Dawson Watson, East Lancashire Regiment Scan

  Australian War Memorial, RELAWM08019.001 ·from The Angels of Mons (1914)
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  Interview with Cristina Bayón Scan

  David Madrazo and Iván Lanza, via El Lado Oscuro de la Historia ·from The Bayón house poltergeist, el miedo de Rayán (1915)
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  Soledad Bayón, from the 1995 La Voz de Asturias article Scan

  La Voz de Asturias, via El Lado Oscuro de la Historia ·from The Bayón house poltergeist, el miedo de Rayán (1915)
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  Uncaptioned image, probably Rayán Scan

  El Pozo de Almas ·from The Bayón house poltergeist, el miedo de Rayán (1915)
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  Slate-roofed building in Rayán Scan

  David Madrazo and Iván Lanza, via El Lado Oscuro de la Historia ·from The Bayón house poltergeist, el miedo de Rayán (1915)