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A Strange Light The Hood River glacier., August 25, 1894

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What is it? The Richmond Free Press, Richmond, Indiana · Thursday, June 17, 1894

What Is It? The Sunset Phenomenon Wood River times. November 30, 1883


OK, these are totally Topps' Dinosaur Attacks! trading cards 90 years before they were released!
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York · Sunday, April 01, 1906
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York · Sunday, April 01, 1906




The Wild Man Of Adrian The Black Hills Union, Rapid City, South Dakota · Friday, September 27, 1889

Can A Baby Be "MARKED" Bylis Mothers Fright ? The Washington times. March 28, 1920

Monster Alligator Gar The Weekly Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi · Saturday, April 26, 1890

Diver Swallowed By Sea Monster The Illustrated Police News, etc., London, Greater London, England · Saturday, September 02, 1876


A Georgia Wild Man Santa Fe daily New Mexican. March 12, 1889

The San Francisco call (San Francisco [Calif.]), March 26, 1909
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MUMMIES FOUND IN A CAVE 100 FEET BELOW SURFACE Miners at Bottom of Shaft in New Mexico Open Up Cave Which Was Burial Ground of People of a Prehistoric Age. The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California · Friday, November 25, 1904

Sun Spots As A War Weapon South Bend news-times., September 23, 1917

SEE A SEA MONSTER. Visitors to Michigan Resort Tell a Hair-Raising Tale. Attacked by a Hideous Sea Serpent and Barely Escaped-Had Bulging Eyes, Large Mouth and Vicious-Looking Teeth. Marietta daily leader., September 13, 1900


Pigmy Skeletons “Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian Institute , lately set his heart on obtaining a skeleton of one ot those pigmies..” Star, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand · Saturday, February 05, 1876

Irish Elk In Florida? The Cape Girardeau Democrat (Cape Girardeau, Mo.), April 14, 1894

An Unknown Wild Animal The Forest Republican. January 03, 1906
