Other / Unknown reports from the 1870s
18 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 / Unknown · Pueblo, Colorado · 1871
A trapper near Pueblo, Colorado, reports seeing a large, mouse-colored beast with zebra-like stripes and a rhinoceros-like head, which was later corroborated by a local resident.
Other / Unknown · Highland Township, Pennsylvania · 1874
Abia Williams reports shooting a strange animal in Highland township that he describes as cat-sized with zebra-like stripes, long ears, webbed feet, and a pouch.
Other / Unknown · Independence, Missouri · 1878
Mr. [name] reports seeing and killing a huge serpent coiled in a fence corner near Independence.
Other / Unknown · Bear Lake, Utah · 1874
A monster in Bear Lake is described as being five or six feet long with fur, a flat wide face, blue eyes, and horse-like ears.
Other / Unknown · Barre, Vermont · 1873
Witness reports that Warren Nye of Barre caught a monster turtle which laid 73 eggs after breaking its chain.
Other / Unknown · Litchfield, Connecticut · 1879
Two men riding in a buggy saw the famous snake wriggling slowly across a road near the swamp and estimated it to be over twenty feet long.
Other / Unknown · Uruguay, Cerro Largo · 1878
Witnesses report a worm-shaped land animal with horns and a pig-like snout that creates massive underground trenches.
Other / Unknown · Rio dos Papagaios, Região Sul · 1878
A woman reports finding her pool destroyed and seeing a huge creature moving off.
Other / Unknown · Burlington, Vermont · 1873
Cheriton reports finding an alive mammoth in a cave and later witnessing it fight a saurophidian.
Other / Unknown · Chicago, Illinois · 1877
Prof. Mcllouscr reports investigating an unknown monster that attacked a bull at Mr. [name]'s farm, noting claw-marks and a 'snaky smell' attributed to skunk odor.
Other / Unknown · Madagasikara / Madagascar · 1874
Botanist Karl Leche reports witnessing a pygmy tribe sacrifice a woman to a carnivorous tree that consumed her.
Other / Unknown · Maine · 1877
Witnesses report that Dr. [name] and the Rev. Mr. [name] encountered an enormous sea-turtle near Noskeog Point during a yachting cruise.
Other / Unknown · North Carolina · 1873
In 1873, a man in North Carolina encountered a massive monster larger than a bear with a lion-like mane and elk horns.
Other / Unknown · Paraná, Região Sul · 1870
A man reports seeing a gigantic earth-worm near Lages that had just departed.
Other / Unknown · Rutland City, Vermont · 1873
Men and boys have asserted that bright and hideous eyes in a cave on the Chapman farm struck terror to their souls.
Other / Unknown · Uruguay · 1878
Observers report a worm-shaped land animal called the minhocao in South America that creates large trenches and was once found dead near Arapohy.
Other / Unknown · Gallipolis, Ohio · 1876
Andy Cooper reports seeing a strange animal in the back part of the county that resembles a goat but is as large as a big dog and makes a noise between a whistle and a bark.
Other / Unknown · Madagasikara / Madagascar · 1874
German botanist Karl Leche reported witnessing a Mkodos tribe sacrifice a woman to a carnivorous tree that encased her in its leaves.