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  The report of the entombed pterodactyl in the Illustrated London News, 9 February 1856, page 166 (sepia tint) Scan

  Illustrated London News ·from The Culmont Pterodactyl: A Creature Blasted Out of the Rock (Haute-Marne, 1856) (1856)

  "VERY LIKE A WHALK."—A discovery of great scientific importance has just been made at Culmont (Haute Marne). Some men employed in cutting a tunnel which is to unite the St. Dizier and Nancy railways, had just thrown down an enormous block of stone by means of gunpowder, and were in the act of breaki…

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  19th-century engraving from The Book of Days, probably the 1848 Daedalus serpent Scan

  from The Castilian Sea Serpent off St Helena (1857)
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  Sea-serpent illustration from the Myths Debunked page; subject and credit not stated Scan

  from The Castilian Sea Serpent off St Helena (1857)
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  Loch Arkaig, where John Stuart reported the Lake-Horse Scan

  Angela Mudge ·from The Loch Arkaig Lake-Horse: John Stuart's sightings recorded by Lord Malmesbury (1857)
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  Illustrative header from later coverage Scan

  from The Morzine Possession Epidemic: Le Mal de Morzine (1857) (1857)
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  Podcast artwork for Les possédées de Morzine Scan

  ©ATMB ·from The Morzine Possession Epidemic: Le Mal de Morzine (1857) (1857)
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  The river at Morzine, setting of the 1857 torrent accident Scan

  ©ATMB ·from The Morzine Possession Epidemic: Le Mal de Morzine (1857) (1857)
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  The modern village of Morzine Scan

  ©ATMB ·from The Morzine Possession Epidemic: Le Mal de Morzine (1857) (1857)
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  Decorative illustration from later coverage, not the event Scan

  from The Morzine Possession Epidemic: Le Mal de Morzine (1857) (1857)
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  The church at Morzine Scan

  ©ATMB ·from The Morzine Possession Epidemic: Le Mal de Morzine (1857) (1857)
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  The church at Morzine, vertical view Scan

  ©ATMB ·from The Morzine Possession Epidemic: Le Mal de Morzine (1857) (1857)
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  Ramhurst Manor House as it stands today Scan

  from The Ramhurst Manor Haunting: Dame Children at the Door (1857)
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  Albumen print, c. 1885: pilgrims kneeling and crutches on the walls of the grotto Scan

  Unidentified photographer; New Orleans Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Prakapas, 86.369.151 ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)
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  Bernadette Soubirous as a girl, c. 1861 to 1862 Scan

  Abbé P. Bernadou ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)
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  Bernadette Soubirous in 1863 Scan

  Billard-Perrin, Pau ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)
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  Hand-coloured photo postcard of Sister Marie-Bernard Scan

  Rijksmuseum RP-F-F01657 ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)
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  1911 postcard reproducing an authentic portrait of Bernadette Scan

  Bibliothèque patrimoniale de Pau, via Gallica ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)
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  The grotto of Massabielle around 1860, before the 1864 building work Scan

  Charles Mercereau; Bibliothèque municipale de Toulouse ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)
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  The first engraving of the grotto, 1858, on display in the Musée Sainte-Bernadette Scan

  Photo by Tylwyth Eldar, 2011 ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)
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  An 1858 newspaper column, Chronique locale, displayed in the Musée Sainte-Bernadette Scan

  Photo by Tylwyth Eldar, 2011 ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)

  Chronique locale. On raconte des faits si merveilleux et si extraordinaires sur une promenade que fait chaque matin, depuis quinze jours, à deux kilomètres de Lourdes, une toute petite jeune fille, nommée Bernadette Savi, dont le père est un simple ouvrier vivant chaque jour du produit de son travai…

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  Bernadette lying in state at her funeral, April 1879 Scan

  Unknown photographer ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)
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  Bernadette Soubirous photographed in 1861 or 1862 by her first photographer Scan

  Abbé P. Bernadou ·from The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle (1858)
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  Probably a portrait of Adele Brise, embedded in America magazine in 2010 (link likely dead) Scan

  from Our Lady of Good Help: the apparitions to Adele Brise at Champion, Wisconsin (1859) (1859)
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  The Joller house at Spichermatt, Stans Scan

  SPR Psi Encyclopedia ·from The Stans Poltergeist: Melchior Joller's Haunted House at Spichermatt (1860)
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  French corvette Alecton attempts to capture a giant squid on 30 November 1861 Scan

  P. Lackerbauer after E. Rodolphe, in Frédol, Le Monde de la Mer (Hachette, 1865) ·from The Alecton Giant Squid Encounter off Tenerife (the "Bouyer Kraken") (1861)
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  Engraving of the Alecton attempting to capture the giant squid, from Figuier, La vie et les mœurs des animaux (1866), reused in Lee (1884) Scan

  Engraving attributed to the direction of Charles Bévalet ·from The Alecton Giant Squid Encounter off Tenerife (the "Bouyer Kraken") (1861)
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  Panorama of Lake Heron Scan

  from Waitoreke tracks and sighting, upper Ashburton River and Lake Heron, Canterbury (1861) (1861)
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  1News 2018 lead image: there have been at least 50 claimed sightings of the native otter Scan

  Source: Other ·from Waitoreke tracks and sighting, upper Ashburton River and Lake Heron, Canterbury (1861) (1861)
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  Eastern quoll, a proposed explanation for the waitoreke Scan

  from Waitoreke tracks and sighting, upper Ashburton River and Lake Heron, Canterbury (1861) (1861)
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  Lake Heron, Canterbury, where the animal was seen in 1861 Scan

  from Waitoreke tracks and sighting, upper Ashburton River and Lake Heron, Canterbury (1861) (1861)
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  Detail from 'The Paddle Steamer Royal William, on her first voyage from Liverpool to New York, 1838' by S. Walters. Illustrative only; a different ship. Scan

  Internet Archive / University of Toronto ·from The Wilmot Apparition: A Wife Seen Aboard the SS City of Limerick (1863) (1863)
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  Labelled as the house of the Comte d'Ourches; unverified whether Poitiers or Paris Scan

  from The Rue Neuve-Saint-Paul knockings, Poitiers (1864) (1864)
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  Labelled as a portrait of the Comte d'Ourches Scan

  from The Rue Neuve-Saint-Paul knockings, Poitiers (1864) (1864)
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  Header image of the Caedes article; content and origin unknown Scan

  from The Rue Neuve-Saint-Paul knockings, Poitiers (1864) (1864)
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  Looking south towards St Mary's Church through Green Dragon Yard. Undated view of a later building. Scan

  Jack the Ripper Tour ·from The Whitechapel Church Ghost Crowd (1864)
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  St Mary's Church, Whitechapel, after the fire of 1880. A later building than the one standing in 1864, and the church's link to the case is unconfirmed. Scan

  East of London Family History Society, photographer unknown ·from The Whitechapel Church Ghost Crowd (1864)
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  St Mary's Church seen from Whitechapel High Street. Undated view of a later building. Scan

  Jack the Ripper Tour ·from The Whitechapel Church Ghost Crowd (1864)
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  Modern illustration accompanying the Distinctly Montana retelling Scan

  Distinctly Montana ·from James Lumley's Cadotte Pass "meteor with hieroglyphics" (1865)
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  Poster for the stage show Les Possédés d'Illfurth Scan

  from The Illfurth Possessions of Theobald and Joseph Burner (1865)
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  Image from a 2018 Marian devotional page on the Illfurth case Scan

  from The Illfurth Possessions of Theobald and Joseph Burner (1865)
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  Image from the Illfurth section of a JDS article, probably the Burnkirch chapel Scan

  © DR ·from The Illfurth Possessions of Theobald and Joseph Burner (1865)
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  Cover of the published play Les Possédés d'Illfurth Scan

  Les Solitaires Intempestifs ·from The Illfurth Possessions of Theobald and Joseph Burner (1865)
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  The basilica at Filipov Scan

  Martin Adamec, MAFRA / Profimedia ·from The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade (1866)
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  Exterior of the basilica at Filipov Scan

  Jiří Stejskal ·from The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade (1866)
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  Exterior of the basilica at Filipov Scan

  Jiří Stejskal ·from The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade (1866)
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  Mass in the basilica Scan

  Dušan Zápotocký ·from The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade (1866)
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  Interior of the basilica Scan

  Jiří Stejskal ·from The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade (1866)
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  Later mosaic of the 13 January 1866 apparition in the basilica Scan

  Jiří Stejskal ·from The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade (1866)
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  Anniversary celebration at the basilica Scan

  Ivo Šafus ·from The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade (1866)
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  Die Heilung der Sel. Magdalena Kade in Philippsdorf, an 1870 engraving depicting the healing Scan

  Unknown contemporary engraver ·from The Filipov Apparition and the Healing of Magdalena Kade (1866)