Other / Unknown reports from the 1900s
26 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 · Transvaal, South Africa · 1905
An English naturalist recounts a story from a Rhodesian police informant who approached within a hundred yards of a monster sleeping on a swamp border.
Other / Unknown · Edgefield County, South Carolina · 1908
Witnesses in Cottageville report seeing a strange animal described as the size of a yearling calf with a dog-like head that screams like a peacock and leaps like a kangaroo.
Other / Unknown · Klondike River, Yukon · 1907
James Lewis Butler and Father Lavagneux report seeing a prehistoric monster and its massive footprints in the Klondike region.
Other / Unknown · Valley County, Nebraska · 1907
Witnesses report a monster snake thirty feet long threw Joseph Anderson twenty feet and later entered Agees Lake after being seen by farmers.
Other / Unknown · Bayside Park, Texas · 1909
Walter F/adt claims to have personally seen a specimen of the Gaglum while waiting for ducks and geese.
Other / Unknown · Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota · 1903
A. H. Opsahl reports a scaly, spined creature that bellows like an elephant and was shot at multiple times in the woods near his country place.
Other / Unknown · Mount Albert Edward, Southern Region · 1906
[name] encountered a pair of animals that he initially mistook for large pigs but had odd and elongate faces.
Other / Unknown · Patagonia, Santa Cruz · 1908
Prospector Martin Sheffield reported finding the fresh trail of a strange animal leading to the waters of Nuhuel Huapi.
Other / Unknown · Mount Holly Township, New Jersey · 1909
William Cronk reports seeing a huge bird-like creature with long hoofed legs flying high in the air.
Other / Unknown · Mount Albert Edward, Southern Region · 1906
Constable [name] and Private [name] found tracks and excrement of a large cloven-hoofed animal at over 9,000 feet.
Other / Unknown · Baraboo, Wisconsin · 1905
Witnesses report pulling a giant turtle from the Baraboo river that measured 3x4 feet and weighed 225 pounds.
Other / Unknown · Beltrami County, Minnesota · 1900
Wellington Schroeder reports meeting a wild beast called a hodag with four horns and brownish hair that studied him from a tree branch for over half an hour before vanishing.
Other / Unknown · Ellsworth, Maine · 1901
Old Town guide Clarence Duffy reports seeing a monster moose around Lobster lake in 1901 but did not get close enough for a shot.
Other / Unknown · Ellsworth, Maine · 1901
Boston sportsman M. A. Cushing claims to have seen a dusty white giant moose near Chair back mountain in 1901 but failed to photograph it.
Other / Unknown · Ellsworth, Maine · 1902
Gilman Brown claims to have gotten several shots at a monster moose in 1902 that stood fifteen feet high with antlers ten to twelve feet across.
Other / Unknown · Pleasantville, New Jersey · 1909
Witness reports that Tom Preston was attacked by a traveling titnd which nearly extinguished his former beauty.
Other / Unknown · Clarksburg, West Virginia · 1908
Witnesses report a monster 75-pound turtle was captured in Muddy creek near the Tuna hotel.
Other / Unknown · Mena, Arkansas · 1908
Witnesses report capturing an unnamed animal resembling a monkey and otter on Stilwell Heights that was described as having brown fur, short legs, and a long pointed nose.
Other / Unknown · 岡山県, 日本 · 1909
A snake measuring fifty feet in length with a flat head, red eyes, and white scales with golden spots was caught in Okayama prefecture.
Other / Unknown · Berryville, Virginia · 1905
A Pueblo legend describes a gigantic turtle rising from an opening in the earth during a great flood, demanding sacrifices before sinking back down.
Other / Unknown · Lumberton, North Carolina · 1909
The narrator claims that the beast terrorizing Robeson County is distinct from the wolf mentioned above and cites Mr. W F Willoughby as a witness.
Other / Unknown · Richmond, Indiana · 1909
The article describes the 'phantom doe specter' as one of the hardiest old English superstitions, citing Lady Howard who was said to be compelled to haunt Okehampton in the form of a deer.
Other / Unknown · Washington, District of Columbia · 1908
Witness reports finding fresh prints of a monster body in the mud at moose lake, with tracks leading to a gulf.
Other / Unknown · Washington, District of Columbia · 1905
The wife of the superintendent of the town pump reported seeing a strange monster lift its head before disappearing under a hedge.
Other / Unknown · Ellsworth, Maine · 1907
George Kneeland reports seeing an immense moose in the road near Macwahoc that charged him at high speed.
Other / Unknown · Woonsocket, Rhode Island · 1909
Witness reports that a five-inch-long serpent fell from a faucet into a glass of water at M. Napoléon Jacob's residence.