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  Mrs. Fish and the Misses Fox: Leah, Margaretta and Kate. Lithograph after a daguerreotype by Appleby of Rochester, 1852 Scan

  N. Currier, via Library of Congress ·from The Hydesville Rappings ("Mr. Splitfoot") (1848)
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  Kate Fox with her mother Margaret Fox, a witness in 1848 Scan

  Camp Chesterfield / DPLA / Indiana Memory ·from The Hydesville Rappings ("Mr. Splitfoot") (1848)
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  The Pine Chapel in the Grąblin Forest Scan

  Licheń Sanctuary ·from Our Lady of Licheń: the apparitions to Mikołaj Sikatka in the Grąblin Forest (1850) (1850)
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  An artist's depiction of the apparition of Our Lady of Licheń to the shepherd Mikołaj Sikatka Scan

  Licheń Sanctuary ·from Our Lady of Licheń: the apparitions to Mikołaj Sikatka in the Grąblin Forest (1850) (1850)
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  Theodore Roosevelt in 1885 Scan

  G. G. Bain, photographer; Library of Congress (ppmsca-35995) ·from The Bauman Goblin-Beast: Theodore Roosevelt's Tale from The Wilderness Hunter (1850)
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  Book cover shown with a later retelling Scan

  Uncredited ·from The Bauman Goblin-Beast: Theodore Roosevelt's Tale from The Wilderness Hunter (1850)
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  Pembroke Dock from Neyland. Lithograph. Scan

  Unknown artist; National Library of Wales ·from The Haunting of HMS Asp (1850)
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  Steve Parsons, paranormal researcher who retold the case in 2020. Scan

  Uncredited (Pembrokeshire Online) ·from The Haunting of HMS Asp (1850)
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  Pembroke Dock Yard. Engraving. Scan

  J. Waymouth; National Library of Wales ·from The Haunting of HMS Asp (1850)
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  Ordnance Survey six-inch map, Pembrokeshire XXXIX, showing Pembroke Dockyard and the remains of the Pater Church graveyard. Scan

  Ordnance Survey; National Library of Scotland ·from The Haunting of HMS Asp (1850)
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  Pembroke dock yard from West Lanion Pill. Aquatint, 1820. Scan

  Charles Norris; engraver Daniel Havell; National Library of Wales ·from The Haunting of HMS Asp (1850)
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  Our national defences, dockyard, Pembroke. Engraving. Scan

  Edward Duncan; engraver Thomas Abiel Prior; National Library of Wales ·from The Haunting of HMS Asp (1850)
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  Image labelled 'hms asp' on the Strange Company post; content not verified. Scan

  Uncredited (Strange Company) ·from The Haunting of HMS Asp (1850)
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  Image labelled 'hms asp 2' on the Strange Company post; content not verified. Scan

  Uncredited (Strange Company) ·from The Haunting of HMS Asp (1850)
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  The sanctuary building, left side Scan

  Wikimedia Commons (author unverified) ·from The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini Moves Her Eyes (1850)
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  Mosaic on the sanctuary building, a later artwork Scan

  Wikimedia Commons (author unverified) ·from The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini Moves Her Eyes (1850)
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  Façade of the Santuario della Madonna della Misericordia in Santa Chiara, Rimini Scan

  Wikimedia Commons (author unverified) ·from The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini Moves Her Eyes (1850)
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  The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini, likely the painting or a devotional reproduction Scan

  Wikimedia Commons (author unverified) ·from The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini Moves Her Eyes (1850)
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  The church of Santa Chiara, Rimini Scan

  Wikimedia Commons (author unverified) ·from The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini Moves Her Eyes (1850)
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  The sanctuary building, right side Scan

  Wikimedia Commons (author unverified) ·from The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini Moves Her Eyes (1850)
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  The church of Santa Chiara, Rimini Scan

  Wikimedia Commons (author unverified) ·from The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini Moves Her Eyes (1850)
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  The church of Santa Chiara, Rimini Scan

  Wikimedia Commons (author unverified) ·from The Madonna della Misericordia of Rimini Moves Her Eyes (1850)
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  Interior of the Phelps Mansion Scan

  American Ghost Stories, via The Line Up ·from The Stratford Knockings: the Phelps poltergeist at Stratford, Connecticut (1850)
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  Drawing of the Phelps Mansion Scan

  American Ghost Stories, via The Line Up ·from The Stratford Knockings: the Phelps poltergeist at Stratford, Connecticut (1850)
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  Drawing of the Phelps Mansion, where the 'Stratford Knockings' occurred Scan

  Shaker Museum Mount Lebanon, retrieved from birminghampoint.co (2013) ·from The Stratford Knockings: the Phelps poltergeist at Stratford, Connecticut (1850)
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  The Phelps Mansion in Stratford, Connecticut Scan

  New England Legends ·from The Stratford Knockings: the Phelps poltergeist at Stratford, Connecticut (1850)
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  An Afro-Abkhazian family, c. 1912. Not Zana; shown for context. Scan

  Unknown author, from P. I. Kovalevsky, Caucasus, Vol. I: The Peoples of the Caucasus (1914) ·from Zana of Tkhina, the abnauayu wild woman of Abkhazia (1850)
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  Petrus Gonsalvus, a hypertrichosis comparison case. Scan

  from Zana of Tkhina, the abnauayu wild woman of Abkhazia (1850)
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  Image labelled as Zana's son Khwit. Scan

  from Zana of Tkhina, the abnauayu wild woman of Abkhazia (1850)
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  Children of Petrus Gonsalvus, a hypertrichosis comparison. Scan

  from Zana of Tkhina, the abnauayu wild woman of Abkhazia (1850)
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  Header image of the Beachcombing post on the Greene County wild man, likely showing the county rather than the creature. Scan

  from The Greene County Wild Man, Arkansas (1851) (1851)
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  Modern illustration of spirit hands playing a bell and tambourine Scan

  Kate O'Hara / Ohio Magazine ·from Jonathan Koons' Spirit Room, Mount Nebo, Athens County, Ohio (1852)
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  Modern illustration of a ghostly fiddle, candles, horn, triangle and bells Scan

  Kate O'Hara / Ohio Magazine ·from Jonathan Koons' Spirit Room, Mount Nebo, Athens County, Ohio (1852)
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  Policemen beating a hasty retreat after an encounter with the ghost, Diogenes, 1853 Scan

  Diogenes vol. 2 (1853), via London Overlooked ·from The Chelsea Ghost of 6 Pond Terrace, 1853 (1853)
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  Journalist in a state of fear after hearing the midnight knocks, Diogenes, 1853 Scan

  Diogenes vol. 2 (1853), via London Overlooked ·from The Chelsea Ghost of 6 Pond Terrace, 1853 (1853)
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  Portrait of Robert Owen by William Henry Brooke, 1834 Scan

  William Henry Brooke, National Portrait Gallery, via London Overlooked ·from The Chelsea Ghost of 6 Pond Terrace, 1853 (1853)
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  Sutton Estate blocks between Cale Street and Ixworth Place, on the site of the old College Street, 27 February 2009 Scan

  Paul Farmer (Geograph) ·from The Chelsea Ghost of 6 Pond Terrace, 1853 (1853)
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  Artist's impression of the Chelsea ghost, satirical cartoon from Diogenes, 1853 Scan

  Diogenes vol. 2 (1853), via London Overlooked ·from The Chelsea Ghost of 6 Pond Terrace, 1853 (1853)
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  1855 newspaper drawing of the Devon prints Scan

  English Papers 1855 ·from The Devil's Footprints, Devon 1855 (1855)
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  Drawings of the prints sent with the 'South Devon' (ILN, 24 February) and 'G. M. M.' (ILN, 3 March) letters Scan

  1855 drawings, via R. T. Gould ·from The Devil's Footprints, Devon 1855 (1855)
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  Silver Lake Sea Serpent postcard (artwork) Scan

  I Love Perry NY ·from The Silver Lake Serpent (1855)
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  Colourised vintage postcard of the Silver Lake serpent (artwork) Scan

  Order of the Jackalope ·from The Silver Lake Serpent (1855)
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  The 2024 Sea Serpent Legend historical marker at Silver Lake Scan

  William G. Pomeroy Foundation ·from The Silver Lake Serpent (1855)

  LEGENDS SEA SERPENT LEGEND IN 1855, INSPIRED BY TALES OF SILVER LAKE BEAST, LOCAL HOTELIER BUILT AND LAUNCHED A MECHANICAL SEA SERPENT TO STARTLE AND ENTICE VISITORS. NEW YORK FOLKLORE WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024 166…

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  Sea Serpent Legend marker Scan

  William G. Pomeroy Foundation ·from The Silver Lake Serpent (1855)

  LEGENDS SEA SERPENT LEGEND IN 1855, INSPIRED BY TALES OF SILVER LAKE BEAST, LOCAL HOTELIER BUILT AND LAUNCHED A MECHANICAL SEA SERPENT TO STARTLE AND ENTICE VISITORS. NEW YORK FOLKLORE NEW YORK FOLKLORE WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024 BLUE DOCK SILVER LAKE INSTITUTE PRIVATE LAKE FRONT NO ALCOHOL …

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  Modern drawing of a dog-faced bunyip, not evidence Scan

  Philippe Coudray ·from Edwin Stocqueler's bunyip sightings on the Murray and Goulburn rivers (1856 to 1857) (1856)
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  Generic bunyip illustration from 1890, not of this case Scan

  J. Macfarlane ·from Edwin Stocqueler's bunyip sightings on the Murray and Goulburn rivers (1856 to 1857) (1856)
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  Aboriginal Figures and Brolga near Wyuna, Victoria, 1856, painted by Edwin Stocqueler on the same river journey Scan

  Edwin Stocqueler; National Library of Australia, nla.pic-an21201059 ·from Edwin Stocqueler's bunyip sightings on the Murray and Goulburn rivers (1856 to 1857) (1856)
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  Stockriding on the Upper Murray District, a painting by Edwin Stocqueler Scan

  Edwin Stocqueler ·from Edwin Stocqueler's bunyip sightings on the Murray and Goulburn rivers (1856 to 1857) (1856)
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  Pterosaur illustration accompanying a French article on the Culmont canard; not event material Scan

  from The Culmont Pterodactyl: A Creature Blasted Out of the Rock (Haute-Marne, 1856) (1856)
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  Did a living pterodactyl emerge from a blasted-apart hollow boulder in 19th-Century France? Modern artwork. Scan

  Dr Karl Shuker ·from The Culmont Pterodactyl: A Creature Blasted Out of the Rock (Haute-Marne, 1856) (1856)