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“Joe Nickell”

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Jacko, the "British Columbia Gorilla" reportedly captured above Yale
c. 1884 · Near No. 4 tunnel, about twenty miles above Yale, Fraser Canyon, British Columbia
Canada
Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources
18Thinly documented
Pro early
Sheriff Nathan H. Mooney's Lake Champlain Water Serpent (Champ), 1883
1883 · New York (west) shore of Lake Champlain, Clinton County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
17Thinly documented
The Knock Apparition
August 21, 1879 · South gable of the Church of St John the Baptist, Knock, County Mayo
Ireland
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 45 sources
36Partially documented
Pro early
The Schooner Pearl and the Giant Squid, Bay of Bengal 1874
May 10, 1874 · Bay of Bengal, about 170 miles east of Vandeloos Bay, off Trincomalee, Ceylon
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources
14Thinly documented
Pro early
Mary Todd Lincoln and the Ghost of Abraham Lincoln: William H. Mumler's Spirit Photograph
c. 1872 · William H. Mumler's studio, 170 West Springfield Street, South End, Boston, Massachusetts
United States
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 39 sources · 3 photos
24Thinly documented
The Lourdes apparitions: Bernadette Soubirous at the grotto of Massabielle
February 11, 1858 · Grotto of Massabielle, Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées
France
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 45 sources
26Thinly documented
Pro early
The Silver Lake Serpent
July 13, 1855 · Silver Lake, near Perry, Wyoming County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
17Thinly documented
Pro early
The Devil's Footprints, Devon 1855
February 8, 1855 · Exe Estuary, south-east Devon (Topsham, Lympstone, Exmouth, Dawlish, Teignmouth and over 30 places)
United Kingdom
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
33Partially documented
The Hydesville Rappings ("Mr. Splitfoot")
March 31, 1848 · Fox cottage, Hydesville, Town of Arcadia, Wayne County, New York (now Hydesville Memorial Park, 1510 Hydesville Road, Newark NY)
United States
Paranormal · Other · 62 sources
39Partially documented
Pro early
Fisher's Ghost, Campbelltown, New South Wales
1826 · Bridge over the creek on Queen Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales
Australia
Paranormal · Being / humanoid · 31 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
The Nahant sea serpent: Marshal James Prince and Samuel Cabot at Long Beach, 1819
August 1819 · Long Beach, Nahant, Massachusetts
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources
27Thinly documented
Pro early
Captain Crum's Bulwagga Bay sighting, the earliest printed Champ report
July 22, 1819 · Bulwagga Bay, Port Henry, Town of Moriah, Essex County, New York, Lake Champlain
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources
13Thinly documented
Pro early
The Ellisburg Wild Man of the Woods
August 30, 1818 · Ellisburg, Jefferson County, New York
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources
13Thinly documented
The Gloucester Sea Serpent and the Linnaean Society Inquiry
August 1817 · Gloucester Harbor, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
United States
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
33Partially documented
The Bell Witch Haunting of the Red River Settlement
1817 · Bell farm, Red River settlement, Adams, Robertson County, Tennessee
United States
Paranormal · Other · 63 sources
33Partially documented
The Moving Coffins of the Chase Vault, Barbados
August 9, 1812 · Chase Vault, churchyard of Christ Church Parish Church, Oistins, Christ Church, Barbados
Barbados
Paranormal · Other · 21 sources
31Partially documented
Pro early
Steller's Sea Ape in the Gulf of Alaska
August 10, 1741 · Gulf of Alaska, on the approach to the Shumagin Islands (aboard the St. Peter)
International waters
Cryptid · Creature · 25 sources
22Thinly documented
Pro early
The Máriapócs weeping icon (Our Lady of Pócs)
November 4, 1696 · Pócs (now Máriapócs), Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county
Hungary
Paranormal · Other · 22 sources
40Partially documented

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