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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
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
Paranormal · Creature · 24 sources
23Thinly documented
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
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
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
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
The Bonham Sky Serpent and the Fort Scott Serpent
June 1873 · Near Bonham, Fannin County, Texas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
15Thinly documented
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
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
The Sturgeon Lake monster chases the steamer Ogemah, with later sightings on Cameron Lake near Fenelon Falls
1872 · Sturgeon Lake, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario (later Cameron Lake, Fenelon Falls)
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
13Thinly documented
The Kilkee sea serpent at the Diamond Rocks
c. 1871 · Diamond Rocks, Kilkee, County Clare
Ireland
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
17Thinly documented
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
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
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
The Lansingburgh Wild Man of the Woods (Troy, New York, 1870)
December 1870 · Gorge east of Rensselaer Park and Oakwood Cemetery, Lansingburgh (now Troy), Rensselaer County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
25Thinly documented
The Wild Man of Crow Canyon and the Orestimba Creek Gorillas
1870 · Orestimba Creek mountains, Diablo Range, about 20 miles south of Grayson, Stanislaus County, California (with an earlier report from Crow Canyon, near Mount Diablo)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
26Thinly documented