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The Tombstone Thunderbird: the Winged Monster of the Huachuca Desert
April 20, 1890 · Huachuca Desert, between the Whetstone and Huachuca mountains, Cochise County, Arizona Territory
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
17Thinly documented
The Euroa bunyip and the Melbourne Zoo monster hunt, Wylonemby swamp
February 1890 · Wylonemby swamp, about fourteen miles from Euroa, north-east Victoria
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
20Thinly documented
Captain James C. Kerr and the steamer U.S. Grant: the first Flathead Lake Monster sighting
1889 · Flathead Lake, on the steamboat run between Polson Bay and Selish, Montana
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
25Thinly documented
The Lake Koshkonong sea serpent: A. I. Sherman and Charles Bartlett's rowboat chase (1887)
November 1887 · Northeast bay, Lake Koshkonong, near Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
18Thinly documented
The Charleston pebble showers
September 4, 1886 · News and Courier office, 19 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina
United States
Paranormal · Other · 17 sources
26Thinly documented
The Fiery Dragon of Elizabeth Lake: Peter R. Simpson's Midnight Encounter (1886)
July 15, 1886 · Elizabeth Lake, Sierra Pelona Mountains, Los Angeles County, California
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources
12Thinly documented
The Prospector's Skiff: First Report of the Wallowa Lake Monster
c. 1885 · Wallowa Lake, near Joseph, Oregon
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
2Thinly documented
Jacko, the "British Columbia Gorilla" reportedly captured above Yale
c. 1884 · Near No. 4 tunnel, about twenty miles above Yale, Fraser Canyon, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
18Thinly documented
The Dundy County "Celestial Visitor" Hoax
June 6, 1884 · The ranges about 35 miles northwest of Benkelman, Dundy County, Nebraska (story location)
United States
UAP · Cylinder · 17 sources
17Thinly documented
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
The Sunderland East End ghost panic (the "Great Ghost Hunt of Hendon")
October 29, 1883 · Robinson Terrace and Linden Street, Hendon (East End), Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
The Bonilla Observation: 447 Objects Across the Sun, Zacatecas 1883
August 12, 1883 · Astronomical Observatory of Zacatecas, Cerro de la Bufa, Zacatecas
Mexico
UAP · Other · 24 sources · 1 photos
25Thinly documented
Billy Dunn and the Lake Mendota sea serpent
June 22, 1883 · Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
25Thinly documented
The Dundee Ghost Scare: Blackness Quarry's "Big Black Man" and "Springheels" (1882-83)
c. 1883 · Blackness Quarry, the Hilltown and north-east Dundee, Scotland
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 14 sources
17Thinly documented
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
The Garstang Ghost
September 1881 · A lonely lane near Garstang, Lancashire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 6 sources
8Thinly documented
The Golden Lane Ghost Riot
September 1880 · Black'n Boy Court, between Golden Lane and Whitecross Street, St Luke's, London
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 11 sources
22Thinly documented
"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
The Galisteo Junction "Aerial Monster" and the Collector of Curiosities, 1880
March 26, 1880 · Galisteo Junction (now Lamy), Santa Fe County, New Mexico Territory
United States
UAP · Cigar · 22 sources
30Partially documented
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

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