The 1600s · paranormal events
The Spooky Valley archive holds 36 documented paranormal cases during the 1600s. The earliest dates to 1600 and the most recent to 1609, a span of 9 years.
Reporting during the 1600s is led by the haunting, with 18 hauntings, 6 apparition reports and 5 cryptid encounters on file. Of these, 9 are verified against primary-source documentation. Every entry below records what was reported and the sources behind it, rather than asserting a conclusion.
Featured · 1600s
Moscow, Russia UFO Sighting (17th century) — FBI Files
Moscow, Russia
An investigation into a 17th-century Moscow icon depicting a streamlined, smoke-emitting vessel during a religious resurrection event.
The Jasy Jateré of the Guaraní Forests
Paraguay and Northeast Argentina
A small fair-haired figure carrying a golden staff, the Jasy Jateré of Guaraní tradition is reputed to lure children into the forest at the height of the summer siesta, in a tradition documented by Paraguayan ethnographers from the colonial period to the present.
San Luis Valley Phenomena
Colorado, USA
Colorado's most haunted valley sees more UFO reports than almost anywhere on Earth. Cattle mutilations epidemic here. Shadow figures roam. Underground humming heard. Native Americans called it the 'Bloodless Valley.'
Archive · 1600s
- 1600 UFO Moscow, Russia UFO Sighting (17th century) — FBI Files Moscow, Russia
- 1600 Apparition The Caleuche: Chile's Ghost Ship Chiloé Island, Chile
- 1600 Apparition The Phantom Coach of Dartmoor Dartmoor, Devon, England
- 1600 Apparition The Phantom Coach of Wales Various locations, Wales
- 1600 Apparition The Phantom Piper of Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
- 1600 Apparition The Luminous Child of Chillingham Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, England
- 1600 Apparition The Screaming Skulls of England Various Locations, England
- 1600 Haunting The Black Boy Inn: Nottingham's Haunted Hideaway Nottingham, England
- 1600 Haunting Burford Village Civil War Hauntings Burford, Oxfordshire, England
- 1600 Cryptid The Black Dogs of Kent Kent, England
- 1600 Cryptid The Alpine Tatzelwurm The Alps, Europe
- 1600 Cryptid The Tatzelwurm Alps (Switzerland, Austria, Bavaria)
- 1600 Haunting Gallows Corner: The Highwayman's Haunted Crossroads Gallows Corner, Romford, Essex, England
- 1600 Haunting The Ghosts of Seaford's Old Manor Seaford, East Sussex, England
- 1600 Haunting The Ghosts of Petworth House Petworth, West Sussex, England
- 1600 Haunting The Ghosts of Preston Manor Brighton, East Sussex, England
- 1600 Cryptid The Jasy Jateré of the Guaraní Forests Paraguay and Northeast Argentina
- 1600 Haunting Mary King's Close Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1600 Other The Hockomock Triangle Southeastern Massachusetts, USA
- 1600 Other Spontaneous Human Combustion Worldwide
- 1600 Haunting Preston Manor: Brighton's Haunted House Preston Manor, Brighton, East Sussex, England
- 1600 Haunting The Red Lion: Avebury's Ancient Spirits Avebury, Wiltshire, England
- 1600 Haunting Samlesbury Hall: The White Lady of Dorothy Southworth Samlesbury, Lancashire, England
- 1600 UFO San Luis Valley Phenomena Colorado, USA
- 1600 Haunting St Ives - Ghost Ships and Drowned Fishermen St Ives, Cornwall, England
- 1601 Haunting Burton Agnes Hall: The Skull That Would Not Leave Burton Agnes, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- 1602 Haunting The Seven Stars Holborn, Camden, Greater London, England
- 1603 Haunting The Ghosts of Tokyo: Yurei in the Megacity Tokyo, Japan
- 1603 Haunting The Leopard Inn: Staffordshire's Spectral Coaching House Tutbury, Staffordshire, England
- 1605 Haunting Audley End Saffron Walden, Essex, England
- 1605 Haunting Coughton Court Coughton, Warwickshire, England
- 1608 Haunting Ampleforth College: Where Benedictine Ghosts Still Keep the Hours Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, England
- 1609 Possession The Aix-en-Provence Possessions Aix-en-Provence, France
- 1609 Cryptid Champ: Lake Champlain's Legendary Lake Monster Lake Champlain, Vermont/New York, USA
- 1609 Possession The Gaufridi Possession Trial Aix-en-Provence, France
- 1609 Possession The Aix-en-Provence Possession Aix-en-Provence, France