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The Indriði Indriðason Poltergeist: The Ghost of Jón and the Experimental Society Nights, Reykjavík 1907
December 1907 · Experimental House (Tilraunahúsið), Þingholtsstræti 3, Reykjavík
Iceland
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
28Thinly documented
Percy Fawcett's 62-foot anaconda on the Rio Abunã
c. 1907 · Rio Abunã, a little below the confluence of the Rio Negro (Pando), border between Bolivia and Brazil
Bolivia
Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources
23Thinly documented
The Partridge Creek Monster: a living dinosaur in the Yukon
c. 1907 · Partridge Creek, near the Stewart River and McQuesten, Yukon
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources
17Thinly documented
Alf Smith fires a shotgun at a "hairy man", Eden district, NSW
August 1906 · Eden district, Far South Coast, New South Wales
Australia
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
13Thinly documented
The Dolorosa del Colegio: the Virgin who opened her eyes at Colegio San Gabriel, Quito (1906)
April 20, 1906 · Dining hall of the old Colegio San Gabriel, corner of Benalcázar and Sucre, historic centre, Quito
Ecuador
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 26 sources
35Partially documented
Badzar Baradiin's Almas Sighting in the Alashan Desert
April 1906 · Badain Jaran Desert ("Badyn Jaran"), Alashan, Alxa League, Inner Mongolia
China
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
20Thinly documented
The Weston Vicarage haunting: the Tweedale family's ghosts in Wharfedale
August 1905 · Weston Vicarage, Weston, near Otley, Wharfedale, North Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
22Thinly documented
James Kincaid's 'wild man' at the Little Qualicum schoolhouse
June 18, 1905 · Little Qualicum schoolhouse, near the mouth of the Little Qualicum River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
17Thinly documented
The Horne Lake Wild Man: Four Qualicum Hunters and the Modern Mowgli
December 10, 1904 · Horne Lake, central Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources
18Thinly documented
The Up Holland Poltergeist: Stone-Throwing, Knocking and Crowds in the Churchyard
August 1904 · Church Street, Up Holland, near Wigan, Lancashire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 13 sources
42Partially documented
The Ballarat Ghost and the police sting on Herbert Patrick McLennan
May 1904 · Ballarat railway station and city centre, Ballarat, Victoria
Australia
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
16Thinly documented
The Tiger of Sabrodt (Tiger von Sabrodt)
February 27, 1904 · Sabrodt (Zabrod), Elsterheide, and Revier Tschelln near Tzschelln, Upper Lusatia, Saxony
Germany
Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources · 1 photos
36Partially documented
The Sixes River wild man at Thompson Flat and the Harrison cabin (1904)
c. 1904 · Thompson Flat and the Harrison cabin, Sixes River mining district, near Myrtle Point, Curry County, Oregon
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
21Thinly documented
The Van Meter Visitor
September 29, 1903 · Van Meter, Dallas County, Iowa
United States
Cryptid · Being / humanoid · 69 sources
39Partially documented
Captain White and the Falmouth tug Triton: the 100-ft sea serpent off the Longships (1903)
September 1903 · About 15 miles off Longships Lighthouse, Land's End, Cornwall
United Kingdom
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
15Thinly documented
The Grottendieck stone-fall, Sumatra 1903
September 1903 · Oil-company camp in the Sumatran jungle, Dutch East Indies (probably the Palembang region)
Indonesia
Paranormal · Other · 15 sources
19Thinly documented
The SS Fort Salisbury Sea Serpent
October 28, 1902 · Equatorial Atlantic, south of the Gulf of Guinea (lat. 5° 31' S, long. 4° 42' W)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources
15Thinly documented
Mike King's Hairy Man near Campbell River, Vancouver Island (c. 1901)
c. 1901 · Backcountry near Campbell River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
15Thinly documented
The Via Bava Poltergeist: Cesare Lombroso and the Bottle-Smashing Spirits of the Bottiglieria Cinzano, Turin (1900)
November 1900 · Bottiglieria Cinzano, Via Bava No. 6, Borgo Vanchiglia, Turin
Italy
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
21Thinly documented
The Steamer Otetiani and the Seneca Lake Sea Serpent
July 14, 1900 · Seneca Lake, between Dresden and Willard, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
29Thinly documented

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The Tedworth Drummer: Haunting or Hoax?
From The Drummer of Tedworth: the Mompesson House Poltergeist (1662)
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The Cock Lane Ghost: A Haunting Hoax in 18th Century London
From The Cock Lane Ghost ("Scratching Fanny") and the Johnson Committee
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18th century London's most famous hoax: The Cock Lane Poltergeist
From The Cock Lane Ghost ("Scratching Fanny") and the Johnson Committee
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De Loys' Ape: A Eugenics Inspired Hoax?
From De Loys's Ape (Ameranthropoides loysi), Tarra River, Venezuela
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Today in History, Sept. 16: 'Monster of Walgren Lake' hoax hits Nebraska newspaper
From The Walgren Lake Monster: Alkali Lake, Hay Springs, Nebraska
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Is This North American Sea Serpent Real or a Hoax?
From Cadborosaurus: The Langley and Kemp Sightings off Victoria, 1932 and 1933
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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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