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Stories88 · page 4

The Alsworth and Hammersley Floatplane Sighting of the Iliamna Lake Monster, 1942

September 1942 · Near an unnamed island in the middle of Iliamna Lake, Alaska

Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources

20Thinly documented

Ruby Creek Incident: The Chapman Family Sasquatch Encounter

September 1941 · Ruby Creek, near Agassiz, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 35 sources

27Thinly 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

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

28Thinly documented

The Mount Vernon "Baboon" of Gum Creek

c. 1941 · Gum Creek bottom, near Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources

26Thinly documented

The St. Coletta Night Watchman and the Creature on the Burial Mound

1936 · St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children, Jefferson, Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources

25Thinly documented

The Henry Island Sea Monster Carcass, Prince Rupert (1934)

November 1934 · Henry Island, near Prince Rupert, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 18 sources · 2 photos

44Partially documented

The South Pittsburg Killer Kangaroo

January 1934 · Hamburg community near South Pittsburg, Marion County, Tennessee

Cryptid · Creature · 17 sources

12Thinly documented

The ahool of Mount Salak (Ernst Bartels, 1925 and 1927)

1925 · Slopes of Mount Salak, West Java, Dutch East Indies

Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources

19Thinly documented

The Battle of Ape Canyon

July 1924 · Ape Canyon, Mount St. Helens, Skamania County, Washington

Cryptid · Creature · 31 sources

30Partially documented

Albert Ostman's claimed abduction by a Sasquatch family, Toba Inlet, British Columbia (1924)

1924 · Inland from the head of Toba Inlet, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources

15Thinly documented

Trunko, the Margate "polar bear" sea monster

c. 1924 · Margate beach, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal)

Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources · 6 photos

25Thinly documented

Van Herwaarden's Sedapa in the Tree, Poeloe Rimau, Sumatra (1923)

October 1923 · Poeloe Rimau (Pulau Rimau), Palembang residency, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies

Cryptid · Creature · 32 sources

19Thinly documented

The Metoh-Kangmi Tracks at the Lhakpa La: Howard-Bury and the Birth of the Abominable Snowman

September 22, 1921 · Lhakpa La (Lhagba La), near Mount Everest, Tibet

Cryptid · Creature · 45 sources · 1 photos

35Partially documented

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)

Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources

19Thinly documented

The Port Stephens Giant White Shark off Broughton Island

January 1918 · Crayfish grounds near Broughton Island, off Port Stephens, New South Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources

18Thinly documented

Charles Harper's Hairy Man of the Currickbilly Range (1912)

c. 1912 · Currickbilly (Currockbilly) Range, Budawang National Park, New South Wales

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

14Thinly documented

Haines's "Didi" encounter on the Konawaruk River, British Guiana

1910 · Konawaruk River, near its junction with the Essequibo and Potaro, Potaro-Siparuni, British Guiana (now Guyana)

Cryptid · Creature · 20 sources

15Thinly documented

The Partridge Creek Monster: a living dinosaur in the Yukon

c. 1907 · Partridge Creek, near the Stewart River and McQuesten, Yukon

Cryptid · Creature · 30 sources

17Thinly documented

The Hutchins Ringdocus, Montana's Shunka Warak'in (Madison Valley, 1886)

1886 · Hutchins ranch (now part of the Sun Ranch), Madison Valley, near Ennis, Montana

Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources · 6 photos

38Partially documented

Jacko, the "British Columbia Gorilla" reportedly captured above Yale

c. 1884 · Near No. 4 tunnel, about twenty miles above Yale, Fraser Canyon, British Columbia

Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources

18Thinly documented

Names12

Loren Coleman Person · 70 stories
A cryptozoologist who turns up again and again in the archive, sometimes as the field investigator and sometimes as the commentator.
Coleman Person · 23 stories
Loren Coleman, cryptozoologist, turns up again and again in this archive.
Cryptomundo Organisation · 13 stories
A cryptozoology website where Loren Coleman wrote about strange creatures and old mysteries.
Bob Titmus Person · 8 stories
Taxidermist Bob Titmus turns up at key moments in the Bigfoot record.
John A. Keel Person · 8 stories
A writer whose name runs through the archive's strangest tales.
Walter N. Webb Person · 6 stories
An astronomer and investigator, Walter N.
thunderbird Term · 6 stories
A giant bird.
Fate Organisation · 4 stories
A magazine.
International Cryptozoology Museum Organisation · 4 stories
Portland, Maine.
Elmendorf Place · 3 stories
Two very different cases share this name.
Mark A. Hall Person · 3 stories
A researcher and author whose name surfaces wherever old newspaper trails lead.
phantom kangaroo Term · 3 stories
Kangaroos far from home.

Documents18 · see all

Brownwood/Brady Military Operating Areas brochure Document

North Central Texas Council of Governments· 3 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 …Ballinger Miles Paint Rock Winters Bangs Blanket Brady Brownwood Coleman Comanche Cross Plains De Leon Early Eden Goldthwaite Gorman Lake…
NASA FOIA 21-HQ-F-00500 FOIA release

NASA (obtained by The Black Vault)· 2021· 223 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 23 …Kevin P Coleman Subject: F'OIA ResJX)nse 03- \8\ Cc : Mary.C .Le ster@nBsB.gov Hi VlTgim a…
- p. 26 …by the GRC Records or History Office. Kevin P. Coleman GRC Records Manager/History Officer cc: 0620/0tlicia1 file 0620IKPColeman…
CIA FOIA Request Listing 1987 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1987-01-01· 99 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 23 …1987-OR-O7 Requester‘: Last Name: BEAN First Name: COLEMAN Subject: JUDY FAMILY Date of Request: 1987-OR-O7 Requester…
Cy 2006 Case Log FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2020-10-08· 66 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 27 …FILE June 9, 2006 F-2006-01 167 JOSEPH COLEMAN PANNELL June 13, 2006 F-2006-01169 FRANCIS MALDONADO, VLADAN…
Cy 2007 Case Log FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2020-10-08· 83 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 6 …GROUEFF January 26, 2007 F-2007-00693 R. J. COLEMAN, JR. 2 January 26, 2007 F-2007-00695 RELEASED BUDGET…
1948 07 9670642 20Mi SofMontgomery Ala 144 (Project Blue Book case file) Document

Internet Archive· 2015-12-05· 161 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 18 # HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY CAMBRIDGE 38, MASSACHUSETTS Maj. William T. Coleman SAFOI-3 Room 4C-922 The Pentagon Washington 25, D…

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Videos1

Maine Mysteries: Cassie the Casco Bay Sea Serpent

From Ole Mikkelsen's Cassie sea serpent sighting off Cape Elizabeth