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The Ylöjärvi Poltergeist: Martinin pirut at Efraim Martin's croft
January 12, 1885 · Efraim Martin's croft, Keijärvi village, Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa
Finland
Paranormal · Other · 20 sources
24Thinly documented
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The Shropshire Disturbances: Emma Davies and the Wood's Farm Poltergeist (1883)
October 31, 1883 · Wood's Farm (The Woods), Loppington, near Wem, Shropshire; also Weston Lullingfields and Wem
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 13 sources
33Partially documented
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The Watseka Wonder: Lurancy Vennum and the Return of Mary Roff
July 11, 1877 · Watseka, Iroquois County, Illinois (Roff house, 300 E. Sheridan Street; Vennum house, 135 S. Belmont Avenue)
United States
Paranormal · Other · 31 sources
35Partially documented
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The Wild Man of Woodhull: 200 Men Hunt a Shrieking Figure Through the Steuben County Woods
June 1869 · Woodhull and Troupsburg, Steuben County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
34Partially documented
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The Cideville Poltergeist (Presbytère de Cideville)
November 26, 1850 · Presbytery of Curé Jean Tinel, Cideville, Pays de Caux, Seine-Maritime, Normandy
France
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
34Partially documented
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The Rue des Grès stone-throwing outbreak, Paris, 1849
c. 1849 · Rue des Grès (now rue Cujas), Latin Quarter, Paris
France
Paranormal · Other · 20 sources
22Thinly documented
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Angélique Cottin, the "electric girl" of Bouvigny
January 15, 1846 · Bouvigny, commune of La Perrière, Orne (Perche), and Paris
France
Paranormal · Other · 25 sources
35Partially documented
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The Dibbesdorf Rapping Spirit (Klopfgeist zu Dibbesdorf)
December 2, 1767 · Dibbesdorf, near Braunschweig, Lower Saxony
Germany
Paranormal · Other · 16 sources
33Partially documented
The Beast of Gévaudan
June 30, 1764 · Les Hubacs, near Langogne, parish of Saint-Étienne-de-Lugdarès (Vivarais, now Ardèche), on the border of the Gévaudan
France
Cryptid · Creature · 80 sources
50Partially documented
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The Margaret Rule Possession: Cotton Mather, Robert Calef and the Levitation in Boston's North End
September 10, 1693 · North End, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
30Partially documented
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Lithobolia: the stone-throwing devil at George Walton's tavern, Great Island, New Hampshire
June 11, 1682 · George Walton's house and tavern, Great Island (New Castle), Province of New Hampshire
United States
Paranormal · Other · 29 sources
26Thinly documented
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Jure Grando, the štrigon of Kringa
1672 · Kringa (Krinck), Tinjan municipality, Istria
Croatia
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
28Thinly documented
The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662)
1662 · John Mompesson's house, North Tedworth (now Tidworth), Wiltshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 23 sources
32Partially documented
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The Devil of Glenluce: the poltergeist in weaver Gilbert Campbell's house, Glenluce, 1654
October 1654 · House of the weaver Gilbert Campbell, Glenluce (Old Luce parish), Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
27Thinly documented
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The Loudun possessions and the burning of Urbain Grandier
September 22, 1632 · Ursuline convent, Loudun, Poitou
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 77 sources
43Partially documented
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The Devil of Mâcon (L'Antidémon de Mascon)
September 1612 · House of pastor François Perreaud, Mâcon, Burgundy
France
Paranormal · Other · 19 sources
31Partially documented
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The possession of Mary Glover and the trial of Elizabeth Jackson
April 1602 · Thames Street, City of London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 25 sources
33Partially documented
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Thomas Darling, the "Boy of Burton" possession
February 1596 · Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Winsell Wood, Stapenhill)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 17 sources
33Partially documented
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The Seven in Lancashire: the Cleworth Hall Possessions
February 1595 · Cleworth Hall, Tyldesley, Lancashire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
36Partially documented
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The Shoemaker of Breslau: a suicide's ghost torments a Silesian town
September 20, 1591 · Breslau (Wrocław), Silesia; possibly Strzegom (Striegau)
Poland
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 18 sources
22Thinly documented