Other Humanoid reports from the 1880s
16 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 Humanoid · Charlotte, North Carolina · 1882
Witness reports a terrifying creature resembling a black woman with long hair and gleaming eyes has been frightening women and children in Clear Creek township for two weeks, asking for babies to eat.
Other Humanoid · Annapolis, Maryland · 1887
Witness reports seeing three unidentified creatures at Bluff Point and near Juniper Island.
Other Humanoid · Grant Parish, Louisiana · 1888
Four men fishing at Clear Creek encountered a naked, hairy woman on a log with a dead pig and knife who fled into the bushes.
Other Humanoid · Pettis County, Missouri · 1883
Witness reports a strange creature roaming the woods of the 'ghost district' near Mexico, Mo., frightening inhabitants before disappearing without a trace.
Other Humanoid · Catahoula Parish, Louisiana · 1887
Persons on horseback pursued the wild girl at full speed but failed to capture her due to her extraordinary fleetness.
Other Humanoid · Catahoula Parish, Louisiana · 1886
A 14 or 15-year-old girl reported seeing a naked wild girl with long black hair who broke a bush and ran away while driving cows home.
Other Humanoid · Catahoula Parish, Louisiana · 1888
A witness claimed to have run into the Wild Girl near Little River who appeared non-vicious and was engaged in fishing or goose hunting.
Other Humanoid · Linn Valley, Kansas · 1886
Witnesses report encountering a naked, hairy family of four in the woods near Parsons Creek, who fled upon being seen.
Other Humanoid · New York · 1882
Aunt Patty reports that she and others saw a large Indian-shaped figure with fire in it walking through a creek and leaping into the water.
Other Humanoid · Idaho · 1883
Travelers report that the 'Wild Man of Camas' was killed by a hunter named Micklehaney after the creature attacked him on the prairie.
Other Humanoid · 1889
Street gossip reported that the Wild Girl had been captured after killing dogs and a man.
Other Humanoid · Leonardtown, Maryland · 1889
A man's dog exhibits abject terror in an open field, leading the owner to accept the Scotch explanation that he sees a 'gbait-t'.
Other Humanoid · Magnolia, Mississippi · 1882
Witness reports John Roberts attempted to seize the creature at Gary Moore's fire but she slipped through his hands and disappeared.
Other Humanoid · Magnolia, Mississippi · 1882
Witness reports Capt. Marsh saw the creature with a torn face, bleeding, holding a bloody knife, and looking so terrible he was unsure if it was human.
Other Humanoid · Hillsborough, North Carolina · 1881
Witness reports seeing a tall, bareheaded humanoid with long white hair, black eyes, and a white beard that parted in the middle, which vanished into a hedge after the witnesses knelt to pray.
Other Humanoid · Richmond, Virginia · 1889
Three men driving through Clay county report a man-sized object floating out of the woods into their wagon.