Other / Unknown reports from the 1920s
28 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 · Africa · 1920s
Walter Winans reports that Carl Hagenbeck told him two of his travelers had seen the brontosaurus in swamps in central Africa on different expeditions.
Other / Unknown · Eagle River, Wisconsin · 1920
Belgian big-game hunter Mr. [name] reports his party caught a glimpse of a huge beast with terrifying attributes in the jungle.
Other / Unknown · Salem County, New Jersey · 1925
Morrell Langley found a dead animal with paddles for front feet and cat-like hind claws in the woods near Franklinville, which baffled identification.
Other / Unknown · La Plata, Buenos Aires · 1922
Witness reports that Prof. Riggs described a dinosaur with line-root thigh bones unearthed by explorers of the La Plata Museum as having a body eighteen or twenty feet high.
Other / Unknown · Congo · 1920
The naturalist heard fearful stories from native hunters about a monster in the French and Belgian Congo.
Other / Unknown · Rauris, Salzburg · 1921
Witness reports a two-legged Tatzelwurm leaped toward two witnesses.
Other / Unknown · Fillmore County, Nebraska · 1923
Witnesses report eerie, large luminous lights appearing near O'Neill that beckon drivers and disappear into a graveyard.
Other / Unknown · Southern Pointe, Oklahoma · 1925
Reports lend color to the theory that strange primitive men and animals may still exist in southern China.
Other / Unknown · Matthews Estates, South Carolina · 1921
Banks McClintock's testimony verifies that the animal was in the vicinity of Briar creek last week and not far from the DeArman place.
Other / Unknown · Patagonia, Santa Cruz · 1924
Lieutenant Commander Ottorino Bevilaqua and eleven natives reported seeing the strange beast of Nuhuel Huapl.
Other / Unknown · Colfax, West Virginia · 1921
A tale is reported about a monster turtle that dragged Brakeman Roy Sapp into the river at Colfax.
Other / Unknown · Matthews Estates, South Carolina · 1921
Many reports have come from country adjacent to Briar and McAlpine creeks reporting the presence of some wild creature whose tracks and cries are not those of any identified animal.
Other / Unknown · Van Cortlandt Park, New York · 1922
Amateur zoologists led by Prof. MaeNell Weber hunted for a rare horned hodag in Van Cortlandt Park after reports of people being chased by the animal.
Other / Unknown · Gloucester County, New Jersey · 1921
Two Italian fishermen claim to have captured a strange creature with eight flexible arms on the bank of the Delaware River near Gloucester, New Jersey.
Other / Unknown · York County, South Carolina · 1921
Banks McClintock heard strange cries Sunday night near his house that he could not attribute to anything else than a baby crying.
Other / Unknown · Matthews, North Carolina · 1921
Five citizens and one woman in Matthews report hearing cries like those previously described, with one man claiming to have seen the animal.
Other / Unknown · Mindanao, Northern Mindanao · 1925
A planter from Mississippi encountered a dark gray tree that emitted a foul odor and had a branch reaching for him.
Other / Unknown · New Orleans, Louisiana · 1924
A newspaper report claims a horrible flesh-eating plant-animal was discovered in a swamp by [name].
Other / Unknown · Seattle, Washington · 1925
The narrator observes two large armadillo-like creatures drinking at a water source alongside a massive deer.
Other / Unknown · El Salvador · 1928
A naturalist declared it impossible to classify a strange beast found beached at La Union, stating it did not belong to any known classification.
Other / Unknown · Bretagne, France métropolitaine · 1925
A seven hundred pound turtle was caught on the French coast of Brittany.
Other / Unknown · Milwaukee, Wisconsin · 1923
Witness reports a reptile with long talons and a stifling odor attacked him in the mud before being distracted by a caribou.
Other / Unknown · 1924
Witness reports two men found a five-foot-long skeleton resembling a lizard’s.
Other / Unknown · Muchinga Province, Zambia · 1920s
A man described a long-fanged animal larger than a hippo with shaggy hair and flippers that killed hippos.
Other / Unknown · Pleasantville, New Jersey · 1920
Chas. Foster reports seeing a large spotted animal with a bushy tail in a tree after his dogs barked all night.
Other / Unknown · West Bengal, India · 1925
A British army officer reports encountering a dozen strange animals with crocodile-like bodies and rugby-ball-sized heads in the Sunderbunds.
Other / Unknown · Hood River County, Oregon · 1921
Paul Bunyan reports shooting a hodag after hearing the crash of falling timber in an area where no logging was occurring.
Other / Unknown · Caldwell, Idaho · 1922
Four scientists claim to have discovered a multi-headed serpent-like monster in the Boise River that devoured their wagon and drank the river dry.