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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
The Willington Mill Haunting and Edward Drury's Overnight Vigil
July 3, 1840 · Mill house beside Willington Mill, Willington Quay, North Tyneside
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
30Partially documented
The Bealings Bells: phantom bell-ringing at Bealings House, Great Bealings, Suffolk
February 2, 1834 · Bealings House, Great Bealings, near Woodbridge, Suffolk
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 20 sources
21Thinly documented
Six Shetland fishermen catch a "mermaid" on their lines off Yell
July 1833 · At sea off the Isle of Yell, North Isles, Shetland, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
16Thinly documented
The Kintyre Mermaid, 1811: John M'Isaac and Catherine Loynachan
October 13, 1811 · Black Rock of Corphine (Corphin), east shore of Kintyre, about four miles south of Campbeltown, Argyll
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
23Thinly documented
The Bête des Cévennes: the Beast of the Vivarais, 1809
July 23, 1809 · Mont Lozère area (Génolhac, Malbosc, Les Vans), where the Gard, Lozère and Ardèche meet
France
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
19Thinly documented
The Reay mermaid of Sandside Bay, Caithness, 1809
January 12, 1809 · Sandside Bay, Reay, Caithness, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
28Thinly documented
The Stronsay Beast carcass and the Orkney sworn statements
September 25, 1808 · Rothiesholm Head, Stronsay, Orkney, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
34Partially documented
The Bête de Sarlat: the beast of Saint-Julien and Groléjac (1766)
March 1766 · Parishes of Saint-Julien and Groléjac, near Sarlat, Périgord Noir, Dordogne
France
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
27Thinly 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
Captain Lorenz von Ferry's sea serpent off Molde, 1746
August 1746 · Jule-Naess (very probably Julneset), near Molde, Møre og Romsdal
Norway
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
24Thinly documented
Steller's Sea Ape in the Gulf of Alaska
August 10, 1741 · Gulf of Alaska, on the approach to the Shumagin Islands (aboard the St. Peter)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
22Thinly documented
Hans and Poul Egede's "most dreadful monster": the Davis Strait sea serpent of 1734
July 6, 1734 · Davis Strait, off the west coast of Greenland, near the 64th degree of latitude
Greenland
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
20Thinly documented
The Ringcroft of Stocking Poltergeist: Andrew Mackie's Farm, Rerrick, 1695
February 1695 · Ring-Croft of Stocking, Rerrick parish, near Auchencairn, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Galloway
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 18 sources
26Thinly documented
The Coltheart Haunting of Mary King's Close
c. 1680 · Mary King's Close, Old Town, Edinburgh, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources
19Thinly documented
The 1665 Air Battle of Stralsund and the Dark Disc over St. Nicholas Church
April 8, 1665 · Off the Gellen and over St. Nicholas Church, Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania (now Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Germany
UAP · Disc / saucer · 31 sources
21Thinly documented
The Boy of Bilson: William Perry's Faked Possession, Staffordshire, 1620
1620 · Bilson (modern Bilston), Staffordshire; examined at Eccleshall Castle
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
21Thinly documented
Thomas Darling, the "Boy of Burton" possession
February 1596 · Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Winsell Wood, Stapenhill)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 17 sources
33Partially documented
The Sea Monk of the Øresund
c. 1546 · The Øresund strait, off Malmö (then Danish Skåne)
Sweden
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
16Thinly documented

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