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Capt. William Hichens and the two agogwe, Ussure and Simibit forests, Tanganyika
c. 1921 · Ussure and Simibit forests, western side of the Wembare plains, Tanganyika (near today's Singida/Tabora border)
Tanzania
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
19Thinly documented
Ralph Bandini's Clemente Monster Sighting off San Clemente Island (1920)
September 1920 · Off Mosquito Harbor and White Rock, east side of San Clemente Island, California
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
15Thinly documented
The Port Stephens Giant White Shark off Broughton Island
January 1918 · Crayfish grounds near Broughton Island, off Port Stephens, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
18Thinly documented
The Cottingley Fairies: Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths photograph fairies at Cottingley Beck
July 1917 · Cottingley Beck, Cottingley, near Bingley, West Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 90 sources · 9 photos
31Partially documented
HMS Hilary and the Sea Serpent Used for Gunnery Practice
c. 1917 · About seventy miles south-east of Iceland, North Atlantic
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
21Thinly documented
De Loys's Ape (Ameranthropoides loysi), Tarra River, Venezuela
c. 1917 · Tributary of the Tarra River, near Casigua, south-west of Lake Maracaibo, Zulia State
Venezuela
Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources · 1 photos
27Thinly documented
Shackleton's "fourth man": the unseen companion on the South Georgia crossing
May 19, 1916 · South Georgia, from Peggotty Camp at King Haakon Bay across the mountains to Stromness whaling station
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 28 sources
20Thinly documented
The Thumping Ghost of McCormack Street, Port Melbourne
c. 1915 · McCormack Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
Paranormal · Other · 13 sources
30Partially documented
The Angels of Mons
August 23, 1914 · Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
Belgium
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 34 sources
24Thinly documented
Percy Fawcett and the Maricoxi hairy men
1914 · Upper Mequéns, Colorado and Branco rivers, Guaporé basin, Rondônia
Brazil
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources
19Thinly documented
The Hull-House "Devil Baby"
October 1913 · Hull-House, 800 S. Halsted St., Near West Side (19th Ward), Chicago, Illinois
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 39 sources
23Thinly documented
The Enniscorthy Poltergeist: the Redmond lodging house on Court Street
July 7, 1910 · Redmond's house, Court Street, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
Ireland
Paranormal · Other · 18 sources
23Thinly documented
George Garret's creature in Nahuel Huapi Lake
c. 1910 · Huemul Arm ("Pass Coytrue"), Nahuel Huapi Lake, Neuquén
Argentina
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
16Thinly documented
The Tillinghast Airship: New England's Phantom Searchlight
December 1909 · Worcester, Massachusetts, and towns across New England
United States
UAP · Other · 19 sources
26Thinly documented
Valentine McKay's huge creature in Cedar Lake, Manitoba (1909)
September 1909 · Cedar Lake, near Graves Point, Manitoba
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources
16Thinly documented
The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909
July 1909 · Kelso, West Otago, and across New Zealand
New Zealand
UAP · Cigar · 20 sources
26Thinly documented
The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909
March 23, 1909 · England, Wales and Ireland (Peterborough, East Anglia, Birmingham, Cardiff and Caerphilly, Belfast, Kingstown)
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 36 sources
48Partially documented
The Snallygaster of Middletown, Maryland (1909)
February 12, 1909 · Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
15Thinly documented
Phenomenal Week: the 1909 Jersey Devil sighting wave
January 16, 1909 · Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, from Bristol, Pennsylvania, and Burlington to Camden and Gloucester City
United States
Cryptid · Being / humanoid · 93 sources
52Partially documented
The Tunguska Explosion and the Exploding Spaceship Hypothesis
June 30, 1908 · Near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia
Russia
UAP · Other · 57 sources
38Partially 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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