Other Flying reports from the 1880s
14 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Other Flying · Darlington County, South Carolina · 1888
Witnesses report seeing a large serpent flying through the air without visible means of propulsion and emitting hissing noises.
Other Flying · Tucson, Arizona · 1889
Captain Putt reports that an enormous bird attempted to carry away a boy thrown overboard from the British ship Talisman, while its mate attacked a sailor named Banning.
Other Flying · Merced County, California · 1882
Witnesses on a Southern Pacific train reported a giant winged serpent attacking the locomotive and passengers firing revolvers at it.
Other Flying · Shasta County, California · 1882
Two woodchoppers reported seeing a flying crocodile-like creature with six wings and twelve legs in California in 1882.
Other Flying · Vermilion County, Illinois · 1885
A farmer and friends reported battling a gigantic winged snake and three smaller snakes that were attempting to devour sheep.
Other Flying · Quitman County, Georgia · 1889
Green Patterson reports capturing a strange, goose-sized bird with webbed feet and red eyes on Mr. J. T. Perdue's place in Quitman, Georgia.
Other Flying · Petoskey, Michigan · 1887
A husband in Petoskey, Michigan, claims he saw a frightful winged monster with one blazing eye looking at him from under the bed before attacking it with a boot-jack.
Other Flying · Columbia, South Carolina · 1888
Witness reports a fifteen-foot-long flying serpent hovering in tall trees and striking terror among observers in Columbia, South Carolina.
Other Flying · Sampson County, North Carolina · 1887
Witness reports that F B Phelps of Mulberry, N.C., saw a creature with an owl's head, monkey-like face, and beautiful plumage that gave an unearthly yell.
Other Flying · Pawtucket, Rhode Island · 1888
Witness reports that Alexander Johnson shot a creature he thought was a huge eagle in the woods near Peacher's Mills.
Other Flying · New York · 1889
The captain and Major Cramsey saw a high column of white light that made the daylight dim.
Other Flying · East Ely, Nevada · 1889
A sailor reports that an enormous bird attacked a boy who had fallen overboard and was carrying him away in the air.
Other Flying · Clifton, Arizona · 1888
A panic was caused among inhabitants by the approach of a creature that knocked a weathercock from a church steeple.
Other Flying · South Carolina · 1888
Witnesses report that Miss [name] and her two young sisters saw a large serpent moving through the air with the speed of a bird near Darling county.