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Cadborosaurus (AKA "Cabby")
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Early settlers along the coastline report sightings of a sea serpent-like creature off the coast throughout the 1800s, though reports of such creatures date further back among indigenous peoples. |
Pacific Coastline, United States of America/Canada/Mexico |
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1812
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1814
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The London Beer Flood
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A vat of porter bursts, sending 7,664 barrels worth of beer flooding into a nearby rookery and killing 8 people. |
The Horse Shoe Brewery, London, England, United Kingdom |
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Lighthouse of Maracaibo
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Early references to the lightning storms over Lake Maracaibo as the "Lighthouse of Maracaibo" or "Lanterns of Saint Anthony" emerge. |
Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela |
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1823
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1825
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1826
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Malheur Butte
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Fur trappers in the area call the nearby river and butte "Malheur," which is French for "misfortune" after a group of Native Americans find and take a stash of skins and supplies they had hidden along the river. |
Malheur Butte, Oregon, United States of America |
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1840
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Malheur Butte
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Native Americans used Malheur Butte to watch the incoming wagon trains of settlers coming over the Oregon Trail. |
Malheur Butte, Oregon, United States of America |
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Marfa Lights
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The first recorded instances of the Marfa Lights. |
Marfa, Texas, United States of America |
| April 8 |
Bilbo Cemetery Feu-follet
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The Bilbo Cemetery is established with the burial of Margaret Bilbo. Since this time people have claimed to see strange lights leading them to the graves of loved ones. |
Bilbo Cemetery, Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States of America |
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Wolf Creek Inn & Tavern
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The original tavern was built during this decade, serving as a stop for stagecoaches traveling along the Applegate trail. |
Wolf Creek Inn, Wolf Creek, Oregon, United States of America |
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The Witch of Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery
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Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery is established in what is now Dayton, Oregon, when Jemima B Burton is buried there. |
Dayton, Oregon, United States of America |
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1863
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1864
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| Late November or Early December |
Ghost Ship of Siletz Bay
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A ship believed to be the Blanco wrecks off the coast of Oregon. |
Lincoln City, Oregon, United States of America |
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1865
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| January 6 |
Ghost Ship of Siletz Bay
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What happened to the Blanco is finally reported in newspapers, nearly a month after the ship wrecked. |
Lincoln City, Oregon, United States of America |
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1866
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1870
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Ascot House
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Originally known as 'Tor,' the Ascot House was constructed for Frederick Hurrell Holberton. |
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
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1873
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The Ghost of Jan Tregeagle,
The Whooper of Sennen Cove
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Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, Second Series by William Bottrell is published. In it contains several legends, including that of the Whooper of Sennen Cove and the Ghost of Jan Tregeagle. |
Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
| August 20 |
Yaquina Head Lighthouse
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Construction of the Yaquina Head Lighthouse is completed. |
Newport, Oregon, United States of America |
| December |
The Wandering Ghost of Evan MacClure
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The crew of the whaling ship the Moncton mutinies against their captain Evan MacClure, placing him in a life boat and setting him adrift in the Pacific Ocean. |
Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean (Between Hawaii and the Pacific Coast) |
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1874
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| Date | Entry (or Entries) | Description | Location |
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The Wandering Ghost of Evan MacClure
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Evan MacClure's lifeboat runs aground on some rocks, and MacClure steps ashore only to be immediately washed back out to sea. His body is never found. |
Devil's Punchbowl, Oregon, United States of America |
| Spring and Summer |
The Wandering Ghost of Evan MacClure
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Reports of strange activity occurring up and down the coastline, including temperature changes, disembodied moans, and apparitions. |
Devil's Punchbowl, Oregon, United States of America |
| October 1 |
The Disappearance of Muriel Trevenard,
The Wandering Ghost of Evan MacClure,
Yaquina Head Lighthouse
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The Yaquina Bay Light is decommisioned, and shortly afterward Captain Charles Peirce and his family moved out, but not before the light's fifth-order Fresnel lens was removed and shipped to California for use on the Yerba Buena Light. This is partly due to the construction of a newer light just a few miles north at Yaquina Head. |
Newport, Oregon, United States of America |
| October |
The Wandering Ghost of Evan MacClure
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The strange activity in the area suddenly stops when the Yaquina Bay Light is closed. |
Newport, Oregon, United States of America |
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1875
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The Ghosts of Lithia Park
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According to local legend, a young woman was raped and murdered in this area sometime around this year. The name of the girl is unknown, but the exact location this occurred is usually fingered to be where one of the park's duck ponds are now. |
Lithia Park, Ashland, Oregon, United States of America |
| June 18 |
The Chamber Street Fire
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A malt house catches fire, causing a number of barrels of whiskey to burst and wash into the streets. 13 people die from the event due to alcohol poisoning. |
Dublin, Ireland, United Kingdom |
| August (Estimate) |
The Disappearance of Muriel Trevenard
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Muriel Trevenard disappears inside the defunct Yaquina Bay Lighthouse and is never heard from again. |
Newport, Oregon, United States of America |
| October |
The Nancledra Logan Stone
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Four tin mines in the area consolidated into the Wheal Sister mine, and despite the underground activity the Logan Stone remained intact. |
Nancledra, Penzance, England, United Kingdom |
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1876
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1877
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1878
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Terrible Tilly
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Expert surveyor John Trewavas attempts to make a survey of Tillamook Rock but is almost immediately swept out to sea. His body is never recovered. |
Tillamook Rock, Oregon, United States of America |
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1879
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| Date | Entry (or Entries) | Description | Location |
| December 28 |
Wolf Creek Inn & Tavern
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Former stagecoach driver Charlie Parkhurst, AKA One-Eyed Charley, dies from cancer of the tongue. It is discovered that Charlie was actually a woman named Charlotte. Supposedly her spirit can occasionally be seen within the Wolf Creek Inn despite having never been inside the current inn. |
Wolf Creek Inn, Wolf Creek, Oregon, United States of America |
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1880
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| January |
Terrible Tilly
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Workers attempting to build the lighthouse here had their tools, water tank and provisions washed away by a storm, and were stranded on the rock for two weeks before more supplies could be brought in. |
Tillamook Rock, Oregon, United States of America |
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1881
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| Date | Entry (or Entries) | Description | Location |
| January 3 |
The Lupatia
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Despite the best efforts of the construction crew of the nearby Tillamook Rock Light, the sailing vessel Lupatia strikes some rocks while sailing through a thick bank of fog, killing all but the ship's dog. |
Tillamook Rock, Oregon, United States of America |
| January 21 |
Terrible Tilly
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Tillamook Rock Light is lit for the first time, manned with four keepers. |
Tillamook Rock, Oregon, United States of America |
| March 7 |
The Winchester House
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William Wirt Winchester, treasurer of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, passes away from tuberculosis. His wife, Sarah Winchester, inherits a vast fortune. |
New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America |
| December 8 |
St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave
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Marcus Barnes, husband of Caroline Barnes, dies in a sawmill accident. |
St. Omer, Illinois, United States of America |
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1882
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| Date | Entry (or Entries) | Description | Location |
| February 26 |
St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave
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The likely date of death of Caroline Barnes, due to pneumonia. She is buried in St. Omer Cemetery with her husband, but the date of death on her grave is listed as "February 31, 1882." |
St. Omer, Illinois, United States of America |
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1883
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Wolf Creek Inn & Tavern
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The Wolf Creek Tavern, which we know it today as the Wolf Creek Inn, is constructed on the sight of another tavern which was originally opened in the 1850s. |
Wolf Creek Inn, Wolf Creek, Oregon, United States of America |
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1884
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Bridgewater Railway Orbs,
Bridgewater Triangle
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The railway connecting Campello to Bridgewater was completed. |
Bridgewater Railway, Massachusetts, United States of America |
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1885
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1886
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The Winchester House
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Sarah Winchester purchases an eight-bedroom farmhouse in San Jose and calls it the Llanada Villa, and begins constructing numerous additions with her fortune. This house would later become known as the Winchester Mystery House. |
San Jose, California, United States of America |
| February 9 |
Yaquina Head Lighthouse
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Captain Shadrack L. Wass, Keeper of the Yaquina Head Light, died at the lighthouse. |
Newport, Oregon, United States of America |
| November 1 |
Lafayette Ax Murder and Fire Curse,
The Witch of Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery
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Richard Marple, along with his wife Julia and his mother Anna, try to rob and end up killing David Corker with an ax. Richard is arrested and tried for the murder while Anna and Julia are not tied to the murder due to lack of evidence. |
Lafayette, Oregon, United States of America |
| November 16 |
Yaquina Head Lighthouse
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According to some sources, Francis S. Wells died on the property of the Yaquina Head light. (Unconfirmed) |
Newport, Oregon, United States of America |
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1889
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1890
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| Date | Entry (or Entries) | Description | Location |
| May 15 |
Bird Blood Rain
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The blood of migratory birds rains down on an unsuspecting town, reasons unknown. |
Messignadi, Calabria, Italy |
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1891
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| Date | Entry (or Entries) | Description | Location |
| Exact Dates Unknown |
The Adolf Wolf Building Haunting
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The Adolf Wolf Building was constructed and opened as a general store. |
Silverton, Oregon, United States of America |
| Exact Dates Unknown |
Ascot House
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Maggie Hume, a servant who worked for the owner of the Ascot House, William Beit, was found dead after committing committing suicide using strychnine. |
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia |
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1892
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1893
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| August |
Heceta Head Keeper's House
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Construction on the the Heceta Head Lighthouse is completed. |
Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, Florence, Oregon, United States of America |
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1894
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| Date | Entry (or Entries) | Description | Location |
| March 30 |
Heceta Head Keeper's House
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The Heceta Head Light was lit for the first time, visible for 21 nautical miles. |
Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, Florence, Oregon, United States of America |
| July 22 |
Haunting of the Robert P. King
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Charles and Frank Duard, crew of the Robert P. King, attack the ship's captain Parker Hall over pay. Hall manages to fight off his attackers, but in the process mortally wounding Frank. |
New York, New York, United States of America |
| October 17 |
Haunting of the Robert P. King
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Parker Hall is acquitted in the death of Frank Duard. He is almost immediately offered a job using his ship, the Robert P. King, as a lightship off of New Haven, Connecticut. He accepts. |
New York, New York, United States of America |
| October 27 |
Haunting of the Robert P. King
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The Robert P. King takes its position at the end of a newly installed breakwater, and remains at that station until 1899. |
New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America |
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1895
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| Date | Entry (or Entries) | Description | Location |
| June |
Dog Suicide Bridge
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The Overtoun Bridge is constructed. |
Overtoun Bridge, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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1896
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| Date | Entry (or Entries) | Description | Location |
| May 5 |
Haunting of the Robert P. King
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In an interview published in the New Haven Register on this day, Captain Parker Hall tells of the strange encounters he and his crew have had while operating as a lightship. |
New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America |
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1897
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1898
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| Exact Dates Unknown |
Red Onion Saloon
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The Red Onion Saloon was built, opening its doors as a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush. |
Skagway, Alaska, United States of America |
| Exact Dates Unknown |
The Titan
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Morgan Robertson's novella The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility was published. |
New Jersey, United States of America |
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1899
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