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Observations

Documented events, historical claims and public reports. Event dates and review status are listed separately; unidentified does not mean extraterrestrial.

Event year, not the article publication date.

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⌖ Annamite Mountains, Vu QuangMay 1992–June 1993: discoveries and scientific description

Saola: a discovery beginning with hunters' horns

Researchers began with unfamiliar hunting trophies rather than an encounter with a living animal.

An explanation exists#0267

⌖ Ituri forests1899–1901: specimens obtained and scientifically identified

Okapi: from striped hide to a giraffe relative

An account of an animal unfamiliar to Europeans changed when complete skin and skulls became available.

An explanation exists#0265

⌖ Eastern coast, Chalumna region22.12.1938

Coelacanth: a fish from the 1938 catch

A fish with fleshy fins proved to be a living representative of a lineage known from fossils.

An explanation exists#0263

⌖ Melrose Abbey, Scottish BordersLate twelfth century; the episode's exact date is unknown

Melrose: a graveyard watch for the hunting priest

In a distinct story by William of Newburgh, a dead chaplain disturbs his former patroness. Four men wait beside the grave, but the dec…

Insufficient evidence#0261

⌖ Alnwick, Northumberland; the chronicle's Anantis is usually associated with the castleLate twelfth century; the episode's exact date is unknown

Alnwick: two brothers against a wandering corpse

William of Newburgh tells of a suspicious husband who dies after falling from a beam, and two brothers who connect their father's deat…

Insufficient evidence#0259

⌖ Zarozje and Ovcina, western Serbia; literary geographyUndated time within a literary folk tale

Sava Savanovic: the name revealed to an empty mill

In Milovan Glisic's story, a mill-haunting vampire names himself after finding a log instead of a victim. The search for his grave joi…

Insufficient evidence#0257

⌖ Highgate Cemetery and Swains Lane, north London13.03.1970

Highgate: the night a rumour gathered a crowd

On 13 March 1970 television coverage and newspaper disputes brought a crowd to the cemetery. Documents establish a public scare, while…

Unverified#0255

⌖ Croglin, historic Cumberland; the house is not securely identifiedUndated tale recorded in the Victorian period

Croglin Grange: the visitor behind the glass

Augustus Hare recorded Captain Fisher's story of a being that dismantles a window and returns to a family vault. Its narrative has sur…

Insufficient evidence#0253

⌖ Lewin in Neplach’s chronicle; no precise identification assignedYear of the early chronicle version; a later retelling gives a different year

Levin: a dead woman and an ineffective stake

A short entry links nocturnal attacks with a dead woman; later retellings supply a potter husband and strengthen the witchcraft motifs.

Under review#0251