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The Fen Tiger: the Cottenham big cat and William Rooker's film

1982 · Cottenham, Cambridgeshire Fens, England

Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources

12Thinly documented

The Brand family and Andrew Walker sighting from the Dores shore of Loch Ness, opposite Urquhart Castle

July 23, 1965 · Dores (south-east) shore of Loch Ness, directly opposite Urquhart Castle, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

21Thinly documented

The Shooters Hill "cheetah": a golden big cat and a 126-officer hunt at Oxleas Wood

July 18, 1963 · Shooters Hill and Oxleas Wood, near Woolwich and Eltham, south-east London

Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources

26Thinly documented

The Surrey Puma: Ernest Jellett's Sighting and the Big Cat Wave

c. 1962 · Country lane towards the Heathy Park Reservoir, North Downs, near Farnham, Surrey

Cryptid · Creature · 24 sources

26Thinly documented

Loch Lochy "Lizzie": Eric Robinson's party sees a 30 to 40 foot creature near Glen Fintaig, 1960

July 1960 · Loch Lochy, near Glen Fintaig, Great Glen, Lochaber, Highland

Cryptid · Creature · 15 sources

22Thinly documented

Peter O'Connor's Loch Ness Monster Photograph, Foyers (1960)

May 27, 1960 · South-east shore of Loch Ness, about 1 mile north-east of Foyers Bay, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources · 1 photos

15Thinly documented

The Soay Beast: Tex Geddes and James Gavin's Sea Monster off Skye (1959)

September 13, 1959 · Sea about one mile from Soay, off the south coast of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources

17Thinly documented

The Kongamato Attack at Fort Rosebery, Bangweulu Swamps, 1957

1957 · Bangweulu Swamps, near Fort Rosebery (now Mansa), Northern Rhodesia

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

0Thinly documented

J. P. F. Brown's kongamato sighting at Fort Rosebery

1956 · Fort Rosebery (now Mansa), Northern Rhodesia, just west of Lake Bangweulu

Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources

10Thinly documented

G. E. Taylor's 16 mm colour film, Loch Ness, 1938

May 29, 1938 · North shore of Loch Ness, opposite Foyers, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 11 sources · 2 photos

33Partially documented

Arthur Grant's land sighting of the Loch Ness Monster on the Abriachan road, 1934

January 5, 1934 · Abriachan, Loch Ness, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 13 sources

11Thinly documented

Hugh Gray's Photograph: The First Claimed Photo of the Loch Ness Monster

November 12, 1933 · Mouth of the River Foyers, Foyers, Loch Ness, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 28 sources · 4 photos

36Partially documented

The Spicer Land Sighting of the Loch Ness Monster

July 22, 1933 · Dores to Foyers road (today's B852), near Whitefield, south-east shore of Loch Ness, Highland, Scotland

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources

24Thinly documented

Francisco de Amaral Varella's Minhocão on the Rio das Caveiras

c. 1870 · Bank of the Rio das Caveiras, about 10 km from Lages, Santa Catarina

Cryptid · Creature · 19 sources

26Thinly documented

Thomas Darling, the "Boy of Burton" possession

February 1596 · Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (Winsell Wood, Stapenhill)

Paranormal · Other · 17 sources

33Partially documented

Names3

Maurice Burton Person · 10 stories
A zoologist and author of The Elusive Monster, Dr Maurice Burton retired from the British Museum (Natural History) in 1958.
Illustrated London News Organisation · 8 stories
A British illustrated weekly, and a recurring stage for sea serpents.
Surrey Puma Term · 7 stories
A press name for a big cat that would not go away.

Documents35 · see all

UFO Reports 2007 Report

Ministry of Defence· 7 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 2 …21-Jun-07 00:45 Stretton/Burton on Trent Staffordshire Two glowing bright lights were moving across the sky, and…
- p. 6 …No Firm Date Stretton/Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire A UFO going across the sky. (Message taken - 24 September 2007). No…
UFO report 2007 Report

UK Ministry of Defence· 7 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 2 …21-Jun-07 00:45 Stretton/Burton on Trent Staffordshire Two glowing bright lights were moving across the sky, and…
- p. 6 …No Firm Date Stretton/Burton-on-Trent Staffordshire A UFO going across the sky. (Message taken - 24 September 2007). No…
Ogc-Olc Records Retention Requirements FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1978-04-06· 60 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 25 Halkin, Adele (cont.) Hall, Burton — Halliwell, Steve — Halperin, Morton H. Hamilton, Ray - Hamilton College — Hamm, Barbara M. — Hammer, Asa — Hampton…
- p. 29 …Plaintiffs — Phyllis Jacobson, Burton Hall (FP). v. CIA, FOI action, own file (FP). v. CIA, FOI action, own file (FP…
Illegible (Report by Durant of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unident Ified FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1956-01-02· 23 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 16 …communication teaching a new evidence of certain levels. Dr. Burton supported the J. S. Mary (OTR) Special Devices Center, Santa…
Report of Meetings of the Office of Scientific Intelligence Scientific a Dvisor FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1953-01-01· 32 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 EXPLAINED BY JEFFREY G. BURTON AND ATHENA M. C1 VEHICLE TRAVEL CARES 0C777D E7 0.20D5 0X 00111E40_TYPELOGIC_02A…
341st Missile Wing Heritage Pamphlet 2018 Document

Malmstrom AFB· 30 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 10 …HOLLAND 3 Feb - 25 Jun 61 NOT MANNED 1 - 14 JUL 61 COL BURTON C. ANDRUS, JR. 15-Jul-61…

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