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The Donglü Apparition: A Woman in White over a Besieged Village (1900)
1900 · Donglü, Qingyuan District, Baoding, Hebei
China
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 20 sources
25Thinly documented
A Casa do Demo: the Anllóns poltergeist and the Santiago archdiocese inquiry, 1900
c. 1899 · Anllóns, parish of San Fiz de Anllóns, Ponteceso, A Coruña, Galicia
Spain
Paranormal · Other · 28 sources
37Partially documented
The Arowhana kumi: a giant lizard on W. D. Lysnar's station
September 1898 · Arowhana station, inland from Gisborne, Tairāwhiti/East Coast, North Island
New Zealand
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
16Thinly documented
The Headless Woman at the Buckingham Crossroads
c. 1898 · Crossroads with a hand-post, about six miles from Buckingham, Buckinghamshire
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources
11Thinly documented
The Avalanche Sea Serpents of Hạ Long Bay
July 1897 · Hạ Long Bay and the Baie de Fai-Tsi-Long (Bái Tử Long Bay), Tonkin
Vietnam
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources
26Thinly documented
The Hot Springs Airship Encounter
c. 1897 · Outside Hot Springs, toward Jessieville, Garland County, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
16Thinly documented
The Merkel Airship Anchor
April 25, 1897 · Merkel, Taylor County, Texas
United States
UAP · Unknown · 12 sources
9Thinly documented
Captain Jim Hooton's airship landing near Homan, Arkansas
April 20, 1897 · Homan, near Texarkana, Miller County, Arkansas
United States
UAP · Other · 24 sources
18Thinly documented
Alexander Hamilton's Airship Calf-Napping, Le Roy, Kansas (1897)
April 19, 1897 · Hamilton farm near Le Roy, Coffey County, Kansas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 21 sources
9Thinly documented
The Gowrow: William Miller's Posse and the Searcy County Monster
c. 1897 · Blanco, Calf Creek Township, Searcy County, Arkansas
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources
18Thinly documented
The Grand Crossing Police Station Ghost, Chicago's Thirteenth Precinct, 1897 to 1898
c. 1897 · Thirteenth Precinct Police Station and nearby beats, Grand Crossing, Chicago, Illinois
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources
20Thinly documented
The St. Augustine Monster (Octopus giganteus), Anastasia Island, 1896
November 30, 1896 · Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources · 1 photos
44Partially documented
Mystery Airship Wave of 1896 and 1897
November 17, 1896 · Sacramento, California, then Northern California, the Midwest and Texas
United States
UAP · Cigar · 45 sources
41Partially documented
The Winsted Wild Man
c. 1895 · Between Winsted and Colebrook, Litchfield County, Connecticut
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 12 sources
35Partially documented
The Twenty-seventh Ward Ghost Hunt
November 1894 · Vacant lots near Irving and Knickerbocker Avenues, Twenty-seventh Ward (Bushwick), Brooklyn, New York
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 13 sources
17Thinly documented
Storsjöodjuret, the Great Lake Monster of Jämtland: the 1893 sighting and the 1894 capture company
October 13, 1893 · Storsjön (or Åssjön near Ås), near Östersund, Jämtland
Sweden
Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources
19Thinly documented
The Hodag of Rhinelander
October 1893 · Rhinelander, Wisconsin
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources
17Thinly documented
The schooner Madaline and the Lake Erie sea serpent
c. 1892 · Open Lake Erie, on the Buffalo, New York to Toledo, Ohio run
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
16Thinly documented
The St Boswells Roadside Apparition: the Scott Sisters' Man in Black
May 7, 1892 · Country road near Lessudden House, St Boswells (Lessudden), Roxburghshire, Scottish Borders
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 10 sources
19Thinly documented
The Combermere Abbey ghost photograph (Sybell Corbet's library exposure)
c. 1891 · The Library, Combermere Abbey, near Burleydam, Cheshire, England
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 19 sources · 4 photos
26Thinly documented

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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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