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Sheriff Nathan H. Mooney's Lake Champlain Water Serpent (Champ), 1883
1883 · New York (west) shore of Lake Champlain, Clinton County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
The Rock Lake Serpent, the "Rock Lake Terror" of Lake Mills, Wisconsin
August 1882 · Rock Lake, Lake Mills, Jefferson County, Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
The Crosswick Monster, Warren County, Ohio (1882)
May 1882 · Crosswick (Crosswicks), Wayne Township, Warren County, Ohio, about one mile north of Waynesville
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
21Thinly documented
Pro early
Henry James McCooey's "Australian Ape" between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla
1882 · Coast between Batemans Bay and Ulladulla, New South Wales south coast
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
"An Aerial Mystery": The Winged Man over Coney Island
c. 1880 · Coney Island, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
12Thinly documented
Pro early
S. W. Hanna's "Young Sea-Serpent" in the Nets at New Harbor, Maine
August 1880 · Off New Harbor, Pemaquid peninsula, Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
21Thinly documented
Pro early
The Wolves of Turku, 1880 to 1882
January 18, 1880 · Turku district (Åbo län, Varsinais-Suomi), first attack at Vellua village about 50 km northwest of Turku
Finland
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
35Partially documented
Pro early
The Kiushiu Maru sea serpent gripping a whale off Cape Satano
April 5, 1879 · At sea about nine miles off Cape Satano (Cape Sata), Ōsumi Peninsula, Kagoshima, Kyushu
Japan
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
Major H. W. J. Senior's sea serpent from the SS City of Baltimore, Gulf of Aden, 1879
January 28, 1879 · Western Gulf of Aden, east-southeast of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait (lat. 12° 28′ N, long. 43° 52′ E)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Man-Monkey of Bridge 39
January 21, 1879 · Bridge 39 (High Bridge), Shropshire Union Canal, Norbury, Staffordshire, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
8Thinly documented
Pro early
The Thimble Tickle giant squid: three fishermen moor a stranded "devil-fish" in Notre Dame Bay
November 2, 1878 · Thimble Tickle (now Glovers Harbour), Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
20Thinly documented
Pro early
The Caney Fork Wonder: a Tennessee "wild man" put on show in Louisville (1878)
October 1878 · Cumberland Mountains near Caney Fork, White and Van Buren Counties, Tennessee; exhibited at the Metropolitan Theater, Louisville, Kentucky
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
29Thinly documented
The Royal Yacht Osborne Sea Monster off Sicily
June 2, 1877 · Off the north coast of Sicily, toward Cape Vito (Capo San Vito)
Italy
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
21Thinly documented
Spring-heeled Jack at the Aldershot Sentry Posts
March 1877 · Aldershot Camp (North Camp and South Camp), Aldershot, Hampshire, England
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
21Thinly documented
Pro early
The SS Nestor sea serpent
September 11, 1876 · Strait of Malacca, fifteen miles north-west of North Sand Lighthouse, off Selangor
Malaysia
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
19Thinly documented
Pro early
The Amphibious Lake Demon of Browns Lake
August 1876 · Browns Lake, near Burlington, Racine County, Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
18Thinly documented
The Barque Pauline Sea Serpent Off Cape Roque
July 8, 1875 · Off Cape Roque (Cabo de São Roque), north-east Brazil, South Atlantic
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
22Thinly documented
Pro early
The Schooner Pearl and the Giant Squid, Bay of Bengal 1874
May 10, 1874 · Bay of Bengal, about 170 miles east of Vandeloos Bay, off Trincomalee, Ceylon
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
14Thinly documented
The Portugal Cove Devil-Fish: A Giant Squid Attacks a Fishing Boat
October 26, 1873 · Off Portugal Cove, near Bell Island, Conception Bay, Newfoundland
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources
30Partially documented
Pro early
Champ, the 1873 railroad crew sighting and the W. B. Eddy collision, Lake Champlain
July 1873 · Lake Champlain shore near Dresden, Washington County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources
12Thinly documented