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Other Humanoid reports from the 1860s

10 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.

  1. Other Humanoid · Village of East Davenport, Iowa · 1869

    Village of East Davenport, Iowa1 independent source

    Witness reports a wild boy about fifteen or sixteen years old, entirely without clothes and covered with light sandy hair, was seen prowling near Judge Grant's farm in Iowa.

  2. Other Humanoid · Kern Lake, California · 1869

    Kern Lake, California1 independent source

    Witness reports that a party of hunters near Kern Lake, California, discovered a wild boy in the woods after hearing an unusual sound.

  3. Other Humanoid · Louisville, Kentucky · 1867

    Louisville, Kentucky1 independent source

    Witness reports seeing a monstrous creature with a pig's body and a human face at a Louisville drug store.

  4. Other Humanoid · Helena, Montana · 1864

    Helena, Montana1 independent source

    The Virginia Enterprise reports receiving a singular animal from Silver City that resembles a baboon or gorilla with a rabbit's head and coyote tail, believed to be brought by Indians.

  5. Other Humanoid · Cheyenne, Wyoming · 1868

    Cheyenne, Wyoming1 independent source

    Witness reports an extraordinary animal described by Black people as eight feet high with hen's egg eyes and no nose, which was later encountered by a hunting party near Bear Creek.

  6. Other Humanoid · Tennessee · 1868

    Tennessee1 independent source

    Witnesses report a hunting party encountered a large, hair-covered humanoid creature with reversed tracks and talons in a swamp near the Big Black river.

  7. Other Humanoid · Arkansas · 1868

    Arkansas1 independent source

    Witnesses report a black humanoid creature approximately six feet tall was discovered by a hunting party in a swamp, chased for ten miles, killed a dog with its talons and tusks, and then dove into…

  8. Other Humanoid · Louisville, Kentucky · 1868

    Louisville, Kentucky1 independent source

    Witnesses report a rumor arose in 1868 of a wild boy seen near Wallahee who ran like a deer and evaded pursuers.

  9. Other Humanoid · Shepherdstown, West Virginia · 1868

    Shepherdstown, West Virginia1 independent source

    A gentleman on horseback encountered a wild, hairy woman in the forest who initially fled but then attacked him with a club before he escaped and found her moss-covered home.

  10. Other Humanoid · Ottawa, Illinois · 1860

    Ottawa, Illinois1 independent source

    Witness reports a wild boy was discovered and attempted to be captured near the city.