Archive / search

Search the archive

Searches are 10 seconds apart without an account · sign in free for no wait, saved searches and Find Similar

Filters and sort order2 set
Reset
Cryptid Years: …–1879 Clear all

Search results96 records · page 1

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
Pro early
The Bonham Sky Serpent and the Fort Scott Serpent
June 1873 · Near Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
15Thinly documented
Pro early
The Leda sea serpent: Rev. John Macrae and Rev. David Twopeny at Loch Hourn and the Sound of Sleat, 1872
August 20, 1872 · Loch Hourn and the Sound of Sleat, near Glenelg, Inverness-shire, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
27Thinly documented
Pro early
The Midgeon Lagoon Bunyip: the Waa-Wee of Narrandera, 1872
April 1872 · Midgeon Lagoon (Lake Midgeon), about 16 miles north of Narrandera, Riverina, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Kilkee sea serpent at the Diamond Rocks
c. 1871 · Diamond Rocks, Kilkee, County Clare
Ireland
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
The Lake Pepin "marine monster": where the Pepie legend began (1871)
c. 1871 · Lake Pepin, Mississippi River, near Lake City, Minnesota
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
14Thinly documented
Pro early
The Sheridan Boy and the Striped Queensland Tiger, Cardwell (1871)
1871 · Near Cardwell, Rockingham Bay district, north Queensland
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Utah Lake "stove-pipe" serpent seen by Bishop William Price near Goshen, Utah (1871)
1871 · Road along the west shore of Utah Lake, near Goshen, Utah
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
24Thinly documented