Other / Unknown reports from the 1940s
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 / Unknown · Lebanon, Indiana · 1946
Citizens of Lebanon reported a monster that made sounds like a baby, killed livestock, and lived in a gravel pit.
Other / Unknown · Hartford, Connecticut · 1949
Residents in the Lake Basile section of East Granby reported hearing a strange beast and finding clawprints, with one witness describing its heavy breathing and galloping sound.
Other / Unknown · Glenmont, Maryland · 1947
Witnesses report seeing a strange animal with a deer's short white tail at Woodburn Estate near Glenmont.
Other / Unknown · Patagonia, Arizona · 1949
The Tehuelche Indians described a ground sloth larger than a mountain lion with short bay-colored fur and enormous claws.
Other / Unknown · Opequon Creek, West Virginia · 1945
Witnesses report a strange animal causing consternation in the Opequon Creek area, with claims of eighteen-inch-high footprints and a creature eight feet long.
Other / Unknown · Tulsa, Oklahoma · 1945
Hugh Davis produced a photo of his son struggling with a rodent-like animal resembling wings.
Other / Unknown · Melle, Vakaga · 1940s
A tracker claimed he and his father saw a mountain tiger seize a roan antelope trophy in the bush.
Other / Unknown · Fort Worth, Texas · 1941
Witness reports that strange creatures came out of the ground and walked above the ground when rain started falling at the National Open golf championship.
Other / Unknown · Berbera بربرة, Soomaaliland أرض الصومال · 1940
Passengers on the dhow Fateh el Khair report a giant swordfish sank their boat near Berbera.
Other / Unknown · Free State, South Africa · 1940
It is said that a white horse gallops among the graves of a concentration camp near Erasmus.
Other / Unknown · Australia · 1949
Hunters claim a great beast the size of a Diprotodon can vanish before their eyes in open country.
Other / Unknown · México · 1943
A story in a magazine describes a strange animal resembling something between a dog and a monkey with badger-like claws that was shot by Charles Baker.
Other / Unknown · Brooksville, Florida · 1947
Witness reports a strange animal with large hind-legs and hopping gait was killed in the Lake Lind community.
Other / Unknown · Indiana · 1946
Witnesses report that huge monsters and unshapely reptiles roamed Hoosier farms and woodlands according to rumors.
Other / Unknown · Stillwater, Minnesota · 1949
Witnesses report seeing a strange animal with the head and forefeet of a cat and hind legs of a rabbit in a basement.
Other / Unknown · Indiana · 1946
Hundreds of tourists and curiosity seekers visited the village on the Flat Rock River where a monster story originated.