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  Illustration accompanying a blog post on the episode, probably modern Loch Ness Monster imagery Scan

  strangehistory.net ·from Saint Columba and the Beast of the River Ness (565)
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  Aldrovandi, Monstrorum historia, p. 28 (1642) Scan

  Edward Worth Library ·from The Sea Monk of the Øresund (1546)
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  Gesner, Historia animalium IV, p. 439 (1604 edition) Scan

  BHL Flickr ·from The Sea Monk of the Øresund (1546)

  Humana facie esse videbatur, sed rutilica & agresti, capite rafo & laui, humeros contegebat veluti monachorum nostrorum cucullus. Pinnas duas longas pro brachijs habebat. Pars insima in caudam latam desinebat, media multo erat latior, sagi militaris figura. Hanc effigié mihi dono dedit illustrissima…

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  Gesner's sea monk (dated 1575 on Commons) Scan

  from The Sea Monk of the Øresund (1546)
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  Monstre marin en habit de Moine, reproduced in Jordan's Fishes (1907) Scan

  from The Sea Monk of the Øresund (1546)
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  Aldrovandi, Monstrorum historia, p. 28 (1642) Scan

  from The Sea Monk of the Øresund (1546)
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  Rondelet, Libri de piscibus marinis, p. 492 (1554) Scan

  Biodiversity Heritage Library ·from The Sea Monk of the Øresund (1546)

  foramē in fronte in a peram arteriam delinens. Item cum branchia- rum scissura, cum pedibus, vnguibus, lquamis quibus omnibus certi- simú est balænas carere. Prēterea ex testudine marina finxerút mon strum à quo vitulus marinus auriculas habens præter veritatē, deuo- ratur. Nec minùs absurdē orcā pi…

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  Period engraving of a monstrous beast, dated 1632 on Commons; its link to the Cinglais case is unverified Scan

  Author unknown, via Gallica (BnF) ·from The Bête du Cinglais: the man-eater of the Forest of Cinglais, Normandy, 1632-1633 (1632)
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  Contemporary 1634 print of the execution of Urbain Grandier at Loudun, reproduced in Legué (1880) Scan

  Unknown artist; Gallica/BnF via G. Legué ·from The Loudun possessions and the burning of Urbain Grandier (1632)

  POVRTRAICT REPRESENTANT AV VIE L'EXECVTION FAICTE A LOVDVN EN LA ERSONNE DE VRBAIN GRANDIE R Préftre Curé de S. Pierre & Chanoine de l'Eglise de Saint-Étienne Croix dut lieu, atreint & conduaincu des Crimes de facrilege. Magie, fortilege, maléfice & possession : bruslé tout vif, par Arreilles Iuges …

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  The alleged pact, page 2, with the demons' signatures, as reproduced in the Dictionnaire infernal (1826) Scan

  Collin de Plancy, Dictionnaire infernal ·from The Loudun possessions and the burning of Urbain Grandier (1632)
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  Procès-verbal de reconnaissance de la Bête du Gâtinais Scan

  Bnf estampes, coll. Michel Hennin ·from The Beast of the Gâtinais (la Bête du Gâtinais) (1652)

  DESCRIPTION DVNE PARTIE DES MEVRTRE ET CARNAGES FAITS PAR L'HORIBLE MONSTRE CY DESSVS DEPENT DANS LE PAYS DE GASTINOIS, QYI FVT TVE Vendrouillet d'Auxerre, d'eventuire d'Aux 1845, approué 16 Moytres, le habilitant Mogny. Et se vous au bout du Pont-Neuf, au coing de la rue d'Auphine. Eiward Jourdain …

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  The illustration from the London broadsheet of the giant squid stranded at Dingle in 1673 Scan

  Francis Smith, London, c. 1674 ·from The Dingle "wonderful fish or beast": a giant squid stranded in County Kerry, 1673 (1673)

  A true Relation of a strange Monster that lately was by a Storm, driven a shore at Dingle-I-coth in the County of Kerry in Ireland, with Letters Teftimonial, under the hands of credible Eye-witnesses. To Mr. John Wickins at the Mearmaid in Millstreet, London. Oving Friend, I heard of this following …

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  The Great Sea Serpent (according to Hans Egede), engraving c. 1843 Scan

  James Hope Stewart ·from Hans and Poul Egede's "most dreadful monster": the Davis Strait sea serpent of 1734 (1734)
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  Henry Lee's interpretation of the 1734 sea serpent as a giant squid Scan

  Henry Lee, Sea Monsters Unmasked (1883) ·from Hans and Poul Egede's "most dreadful monster": the Davis Strait sea serpent of 1734 (1734)
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  The 1734 sea serpent, redrawn by Henry Lee after a sketch by the missionary Andreas Bing Scan

  Henry Lee, Sea Monsters Unmasked (1883), after Bing ·from Hans and Poul Egede's "most dreadful monster": the Davis Strait sea serpent of 1734 (1734)
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  1764 notice: Figure du monstre qui désole le Gévaudan, with the 2,700-livre reward Scan

  Anonymous; Gallica/BnF ·from The Beast of Gévaudan (1764)
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  Pastoral letter of the Bishop of Mende, Gabriel-Florent de Choiseul-Beaupré, 1764 Scan

  Printed original; scan from a debaecque.fr auction lot ·from The Beast of Gévaudan (1764)

  MANDEMENT DE MONSEIGNEUR L'EVÈQUE DE MENDE, POUR ORDONNER DES PRIERES PUBLIQUES; à l'occasion de l'Animal antropophage qui défie le Gevaudan. AMENDE; Chez la VEUVE DE FRANÇOIS BERGERON, Imprimeur du Roi, de Monfeigneur l'Evêque, du College . & de la Ville. M. D C C. L I V,…

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  "Dévorés par les loups": list of children eaten by wolves, Malbosc, 1812 to 1815 Scan

  Alainauzas (own archive) ·from The Bête des Cévennes: the Beast of the Vivarais, 1809 (1809)

  Convenue Malbose Droit Sorgentien Departement Sordebe Liste des Enfant devoré àav les loupa Nomo et fidicious agee lism dujure et date et observazione auo 12. auo 13. auo 14. auo 15. auo 16. auo 17. auo 18. auo 19. auo 20. auo 21. auo 22. auo 23. auo 24. auo 25. auo 26. auo 27. auo 28. auo 29. auo 3…

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  The 2021 Origin of Champ marker at Bulwagga Bay, Port Henry Scan

  William G. Pomeroy Foundation ·from Captain Crum's Bulwagga Bay sighting, the earliest printed Champ report (1819)

  LEGENDS & LORE ORIGIN OF CHAMP SCORNED SUITOR TRANSFORMED INTO LAKE MONSTER WHEN HE PLUNGED INTO THIS BAY AFTER DROWNING HIS LOVE, BULWAGGA. NEW YORK FOLKLORE WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021 116…

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  The Lake Manitou monster as illustrated on the front page of The Telegraph, Logansport, 11 August 1838. Scan

  The Telegraph, Logansport, IN, August 11, 1838 pg 1. Indiana State Library microfilm. ·from The Lake Manitou Monster (Meshekenabek), Fulton County, Indiana, 1838 (1838)
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  Literary Gazette engraving of a sea monster and ship from the Daedalus coverage, October 1848 Scan

  Literary Gazette, via The Sea of Books ·from The Brig Daphne Sea Serpent Hoax (1848)
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  Sea monster from the 1539 Carta Marina, shown for context Scan

  via The Sea of Books ·from The Brig Daphne Sea Serpent Hoax (1848)
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  "The Fate of the Sea Monster Sealed," Literary Gazette poem, October 1848 Scan

  Literary Gazette, via The Sea of Books ·from The Brig Daphne Sea Serpent Hoax (1848)
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  The Old Fox Cottage, Hydesville, NY, "The cradle of modern Spiritualism", photographed before 1916 Scan

  Camp Chesterfield / DPLA / Indiana Memory ·from The Hydesville Rappings ("Mr. Splitfoot") (1848)

  The Old Fox Cottage, Hydesville, N. D. "The Cradle of Modern Spiritualism" On a lonely country road, about one mile from the station of Newark, N. Y., U. S. A., on the New York Central Railroad, and about thirty miles from Rochester, is situated a modest wooden cottage, which has become one of the m…

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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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  Engraving of the Lake Utopia monster from the Canadian Illustrated News, 30 November 1872, an artist's interpretation reportedly showing the creature chasing two paddlers Scan

  Canadian Illustrated News, November 30, 1872 ·from The Lake Utopia Monster at the Ludgates' Sawmill (1867)
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  The 2024 Bear Lake Monster historic marker with the lake behind it Scan

  William G. Pomeroy Foundation ·from The Bear Lake Monster: Joseph C. Rich's settler sightings (1868)
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  Close view of the Bear Lake Monster historic marker Scan

  William G. Pomeroy Foundation ·from The Bear Lake Monster: Joseph C. Rich's settler sightings (1868)

  LEGENDS & LORE BEAR LAKE MONSTER REGIONAL LEGEND OF BEAR LAKE VALLEY TELLS OF SIGHTINGS OF LARGE SERPENTINE MONSTER IN THIS LAKE. TALE PROMOTED IN 1868 BY JOSEPH C. RICH. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY FOLKLORE PROGRAM WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024 185…

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  The 1871 Day's Doings engraving of the sea monster off Kilkee. Scan

  Paul D Stewart / Science Photo Library ·from The Kilkee sea serpent at the Diamond Rocks (1871)
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  Startling appearance of a monster sea-serpent off Kilkee on the Irish coast, The Day's Doings, 1871. Scan

  from The Kilkee sea serpent at the Diamond Rocks (1871)
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  Demonstration fake by Abraham Bogardus of P. T. Barnum with Lincoln's 'ghost', shown at the 1869 trial Scan

  Abraham Bogardus, 1869 ·from Mary Todd Lincoln and the Ghost of Abraham Lincoln: William H. Mumler's Spirit Photograph (1872)
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  The 2019 CHAMPY Legends & Lore marker at Cumberland Head Rd, Plattsburgh Scan

  William G. Pomeroy Foundation ·from Champ, the 1873 railroad crew sighting and the W. B. Eddy collision, Lake Champlain (1873)

  LEGENDS CHAMPY LEGENDARY LAKE MONSTER LIVES HERE. OVER 300 SIGHTINGS REPORTED SINCE 1819. UP TO 200 FEET LONG. NYS LAW PROTECTS THIS REGIONAL ICON. NEW YORK FOLKLORE WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019 55 WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019 5…

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  Cover of Chad Lewis's Lake Monsters of Wisconsin (2016), which opens with the Browns Lake case. Scan

  Publisher cover via Goodreads ·from The Amphibious Lake Demon of Browns Lake (1876)
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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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  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 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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  Portrait of William F. Barrett Scan

  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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  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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  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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  Modern illustration of the Crosswick Monster Scan

  from The Crosswick Monster, Warren County, Ohio (1882) (1882)
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  Artist's depiction of the Crosswick Snake Monster Scan

  from The Crosswick Monster, Warren County, Ohio (1882) (1882)
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  Illustration of a lake serpent accompanying a blog post on the Rock Lake and Red Cedar Lake monsters Scan

  from The Rock Lake Serpent, the "Rock Lake Terror" of Lake Mills, Wisconsin (1882)
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  Champ sign Scan

  WAMC ·from Sheriff Nathan H. Mooney's Lake Champlain Water Serpent (Champ), 1883 (1883)

  LEGENDARY LAKE MONSTER LIVES HERE. OVER 300 SIGHTINGS REPORTED SINCE 1819. UP TO 200 FEET LONG. NYS LAW PROTECTS THIS REGIONAL ICON. NEW YORK FOLKLORE WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019 55…

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  Historic marker about the origin of Champ Scan

  LakeChamplainRegion.com ·from Sheriff Nathan H. Mooney's Lake Champlain Water Serpent (Champ), 1883 (1883)

  LEGENDS & LORE ORIGIN OF CHAMP SCORNED SUITOR TRANSFORMED INTO LAKE MONSTER WHEN HE PLUNGED INTO THIS BAY AFTER DROWNING HIS LOVE. BULWACCA. NEW YORK FOLKLORE WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2021 116…

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  Antique etching of a lake monster Scan

  LakeChamplainRegion.com ·from Sheriff Nathan H. Mooney's Lake Champlain Water Serpent (Champ), 1883 (1883)
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  Grainy colour image of an alleged lake monster, apparently the 1977 Mansi photo or similar, a different event Scan

  LakeChamplainRegion.com ·from Sheriff Nathan H. Mooney's Lake Champlain Water Serpent (Champ), 1883 (1883)
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  Champy Legends & Lore marker, Cumberland Head, Plattsburgh Scan

  William G. Pomeroy Foundation ·from Sheriff Nathan H. Mooney's Lake Champlain Water Serpent (Champ), 1883 (1883)

  LEGENDS CHAMPY LEGENDARY LAKE MONSTER LIVES HERE. OVER 300 SIGHTINGS REPORTED SINCE 1819. UP TO 200 FEET LONG. NYS LAW PROTECTS THIS REGIONAL ICON. NEW YORK FOLKLORE WILLIAM C. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019 55 WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019 5…

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  Newspaper clipping, 6 February 1883: the Hilltown carter Scan

  strangehistory.net ·from The Dundee Ghost Scare: Blackness Quarry's "Big Black Man" and "Springheels" (1882-83) (1883)

  image $ \textcircled{3} $ THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Print Download Tag Comment position ward for notably spinners are long AN INTOXICATED CARTER AND THE HILLTOWN GHOST. A carter named James Park, residing in Hilltown, was brought before Baile Hunter at the Dundee Police Court t…

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  View of Wallowa Lake Scan

  Frank Reavis ·from The Prospector's Skiff: First Report of the Wallowa Lake Monster (1885)