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Duane Hodgkinson's "Pterodactyl" Sighting near Finschhafen, New Guinea (1944)
1944 · Jungle trail west of Finschhafen, Huon Peninsula, Territory of New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Cryptid · Creature · 22 sources
17Thinly documented
The Owens and Russell Sea Serpent: Sea Lions in the Strait of Georgia
c. 1943 · Strait of Georgia, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
20Thinly documented
Welles Bridge Falling Object Sighting, 1942
c. 1942 · Welles Bridge, Route 17 between Horseheads and Big Flats, Chemung County, New York
United States
UAP · Other · 9 sources
19Thinly documented
Queen Wilhelmina Meets Lincoln's Ghost at the White House
August 1942 · The White House, Executive Residence, Washington, D.C.
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 25 sources · 1 photos
23Thinly documented
The Gourock Sea Serpent: Charles Rankin's 27-Foot Carcass on the Clyde
June 1942 · Shore near McInroy's Point, Ashton, Gourock, Inverclyde, Scotland
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
29Thinly documented
Sławomir Rawicz's Two Yetis in the Himalayas (The Long Walk)
c. 1942 · Himalayas, near the end of the crossing into north Sikkim (route inferred near the Kongra La)
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
19Thinly documented
Dr. Vazgen Karapetyan and the Captured Wild Man of Dagestan
December 1941 · Near Buynaksk, Dagestan, North Caucasus
Russia
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
20Thinly documented
Jeannie Chapman and the Ruby Creek Sasquatch
c. 1941 · Ruby Creek, Fraser River, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 61 sources
36Partially documented
The Cape Girardeau Crash Before Roswell (Rev. William Huffman)
c. 1941 · Field west of Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, toward Chaffee, Missouri
United States
UAP · Being / humanoid · 36 sources
17Thinly documented
Sarah the Sea Hag: the Kitsilano Beach carcass
March 4, 1941 · Kitsilano Beach, near the foot of Larch Street, English Bay, Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
28Thinly documented
The SS Britannia Raft Giant Squid Attack
March 1941 · Mid-Atlantic, about 750 miles west of Freetown, Sierra Leone
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
19Thinly documented
The Mount Vernon "Baboon" of Gum Creek
c. 1941 · Gum Creek bottom, near Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources
26Thinly documented
The Glawackus of Glastonbury
January 1939 · Glastonbury, Connecticut (Diamond Lake and surrounding woods)
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
27Thinly documented
The Kerizinen apparitions: Jeanne-Louise Ramonet's 71 visions in a Breton field
September 15, 1938 · Kerizinen, Plounévez-Lochrist, Finistère, Brittany
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 33 sources
25Thinly documented
The Langenhoe Church Haunting, Essex
September 20, 1937 · Langenhoe Church, near Colchester, Essex
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
31Partially documented
Bramlett Bateman's White River Monster sightings and the Newport monster hunt
July 1, 1937 · Eddy of the White River about 6 miles downstream from Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
25Thinly documented
The Millvale Apparition: Maxo Vanka's Ghost at St. Nicholas Croatian Church
c. 1937 · St. Nicholas Croatian Catholic Church, 24 Maryland Ave., Millvale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
20Thinly documented
Robert Fortney's "Dogman" encounter on the Muskegon River near Paris, Michigan
c. 1937 · Bank of the Muskegon River, near Paris, Green Charter Township, Mecosta County, Michigan
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
12Thinly documented
The Cimbres apparitions of Our Lady of Grace, Pesqueira, 1936
August 6, 1936 · Aldeia Guarda (Sítio Guarda), Cimbres, Pesqueira, Pernambuco
Brazil
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 23 sources
33Partially documented
The Ladbroke Grove Phantom Bus
June 11, 1934 · Junction of St Mark's Road and Cambridge Gardens, North Kensington, London W10
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 20 sources
18Thinly documented

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Video1662
The Tedworth Drummer: Haunting or Hoax?
From The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662)
Video1762
The Cock Lane Ghost: A Haunting Hoax in 18th Century London
From The Cock Lane Ghost ("Scratching Fanny") and the Johnson Committee
Video1762
18th century London's most famous hoax: The Cock Lane Poltergeist
From The Cock Lane Ghost ("Scratching Fanny") and the Johnson Committee
Video1917
De Loys' Ape: A Eugenics Inspired Hoax?
From De Loys's Ape (Ameranthropoides loysi), Tarra River, Venezuela
Video1921
Today in History, Sept. 16: 'Monster of Walgren Lake' hoax hits Nebraska newspaper
From The Walgren Lake Monster: Alkali Lake, Hay Springs, Nebraska
Video1933
Is This North American Sea Serpent Real or a Hoax?
From Cadborosaurus: The Langley and Kemp Sightings off Victoria, 1932 and 1933
Video1934
Monstrum: Is This North American Sea Serpent Real or a Hoax?
From Jorda: the 25-foot 'infant' Cadborosaurus of Jordan River
Video1934
From Myth to Hoax | Episode 38: The Surgeon's Photo, Robert Wilson
From Loch Ness Monster: the Surgeon's Photograph

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