The 1900s · paranormal events
The 1900s comprise a significant portion of the Spooky Valley archives, containing 101 documented cases. The majority of these recorded incidents occurred during the first decade of the century, spanning the years 1900 to 1909. The records from this era primarily consist of hauntings, various unidentified phenomena, and sightings of cryptids.
Notable entries within this decade include the Welsh Revival Apparitions and Lights, the mystery surrounding the Flannan Isles Lighthouse, and the phenomena associated with Bovey Castle. The archive also preserves accounts of the Ozark Howler, the Lusca, and the spirits documented at the Stanley Hotel. These files provide a foundational look at paranormal activity at the turn of the twentieth century.
Featured · 1900s
The Romanian Sphinx and the Bucegi Anomaly
Bucegi Mountains, Romania
A weather-carved rock formation in the Carpathians is at the center of a body of Romanian folklore, esoteric speculation, and post-Cold War conspiracy claims that blend genuine ancient reverence with modern myth-making.
Bragg Road Ghost Light
Saratoga, Texas, USA
An unexplained light has been reported drifting along an old logging tram bed in the Big Thicket of southeast Texas for more than a century, defying easy explanation.
Lukwata: The Serpent of Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria, Uganda / Kenya / Tanzania
For more than a century, fishermen and colonial officials have reported a great serpentine creature in the depths of Lake Victoria, said to seize canoes and devour crocodiles whole.
Gulf of Guinea USO Encounter
Gulf of Guinea, off West Africa
Three crew members of the Fort Salisbury witnessed a huge dark object shining lights down toward the waters before it disappeared beneath the waves - an early Unidentified Submerged Object encounter.
USS Supply UFO Sighting
Pacific Ocean, off San Francisco, USA
Lieutenant Frank H. Schofield, who would later become Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, observed three bright red egg-shaped objects in echelon formation approach the ship, then ascend and climb away.
Burlington Torpedo UFO
Burlington, Vermont, USA
Multiple witnesses including Bishop John Michaud and former Governor Alexander Woodbury observed a torpedo-shaped object that appeared to explode in the sky before hovering and departing at great speed.
Archive · 1900s
- 1900 Apparition The Grey Lady of Beachy Head Beachy Head, East Sussex, England
- 1900 Apparition Bloody Mary in the Mirror Worldwide
- 1900 Apparition The Vanishing Hitchhiker Worldwide
- 1900 Apparition Phantom Hitchhiker Legends Worldwide
- 1900 Apparition The Lady of the Bridge at Overtoun Milton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland
- 1900 Cryptid Mokele-mbembe: The Congo's Living Dinosaur Legend Congo River Basin, Central Africa
- 1900 Cryptid Lusca Andros Island, Bahamas
- 1900 Cryptid Mapinguari of Brazil Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
- 1900 Cryptid The Mapinguari Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
- 1900 Cryptid The Nandi Bear of Kenya Kenya, East Africa
- 1900 Cryptid Orang Pendek Sumatra, Indonesia
- 1900 Cryptid The Ozark Howler Ozark Mountains, Arkansas/Missouri/Oklahoma, USA
- 1900 Cryptid Ozark Howler Sightings Ozark Mountains, Arkansas, USA
- 1900 Cryptid Ozark Howler Ozark Mountains, Missouri, USA
- 1900 Cryptid Drop Bear Australia
- 1900 Other The Eilean Mor Lighthouse Mystery Flannan Isles, Scotland
- 1900 Other The Eilean Mor Lighthouse Disappearance Flannan Isles, Scotland
- 1900 Other The Eilean Mor Disappearance Eilean Mor, Flannan Isles, Scotland
- 1900 Other Eilean Mòr Keepers Disappearance Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- 1900 Other Flannan Isles Disappearance Flannan Isles, Scotland
- 1900 Other Flannan Isles - The Mystery Deepens Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- 1900 Other Flannan Isles Lighthouse Disappearance Flannan Isles, Scotland
- 1900 Other The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Mystery Flannan Isles, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
- 1900 Other Eilean Mor Lighthouse Disappearance Flannan Isles, Scotland
- 1900 Other Numbers Stations Worldwide
- 1900 Other The Eilean Mor Lighthouse Keepers Flannan Isles, Scotland
- 1900 Other The Flannan Isles Lighthouse Disappearance Flannan Isles, Scotland
- 1900 Other The Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Vanishing Flannan Isles, Scotland
- 1900 Other The Rituals at the Long Man Wilmington, East Sussex, England
- 1900 Other The Sailing Stones Death Valley, California, USA
- 1900 Cryptid Portlock, Alaska: The Village Abandoned Because of a Monster Portlock, Alaska, USA
- 1900 Other The Romanian Sphinx and the Bucegi Anomaly Bucegi Mountains, Romania
- 1900 Apparition The Screaming Tunnel of Niagara Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- 1900 Haunting Screaming Tunnel Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- 1900 Other Missing 411: The Mysterious Disappearances in America's National Parks United States National Parks
- 1900 Cryptid Orang Pendek of Sumatra Sumatra, Indonesia
- 1900 Haunting London Underground Ghost Stations London, England
- 1901 Apparition The Ghosts of Trianon Palace of Versailles, France
- 1901 Haunting Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- 1901 Haunting Lemp Mansion St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- 1901 Other The Moberly-Jourdain Incident: A Timeslip at Versailles Versailles, France
- 1901 Other The Moberly-Jourdain Incident: Time Slip at Versailles Versailles, France
- 1901 Other The Versailles Time Slip Versailles, France
- 1901 Other The Moberly-Jourdain Incident (Versailles Time Slip) Palace of Versailles, France
- 1901 Other The Moberly-Jourdain Incident Palace of Versailles, France
- 1901 Other Time Slips Through History Worldwide
- 1901 Possession The Possession of Carrie Peoples Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1901 Other Time Slip Phenomenon Worldwide
- 1901 Apparition The Versailles Time Slip: Moberly and Jourdain Palace of Versailles, France
- 1901 Other Moberly-Jourdain Incident Palace of Versailles, France
- 1902 Other Bragg Road Ghost Light Saratoga, Texas, USA
- 1902 Cryptid Lukwata: The Serpent of Lake Victoria Lake Victoria, Uganda / Kenya / Tanzania
- 1902 UFO Gulf of Guinea USO Encounter Gulf of Guinea, off West Africa
- 1902 Haunting The Ghosts of Christ's Hospital School Horsham, West Sussex, England
- 1903 Cryptid The Mogollon Monster Mogollon Rim, Arizona, USA
- 1903 Haunting The Ghosts of Hellingly Asylum Hellingly, East Sussex, England
- 1903 Haunting Hellingly Hospital Hellingly, East Sussex, England
- 1903 Haunting Hellingly Hospital: The Asylum Time Forgot Hellingly, East Sussex, England
- 1903 Poltergeist The Southampton Poltergeist Southampton, Hampshire, England
- 1903 Haunting Talgarth Asylum Talgarth, Powys, Wales
- 1903 Cryptid Van Meter Visitor Van Meter, Iowa, USA
- 1903 Cryptid The Van Meter Visitor Van Meter, Iowa, USA
- 1904 Apparition Welsh Revival Apparitions and Lights Egryn, Barmouth, Wales
- 1904 Poltergeist The Eastbourne Stone-Throwing Poltergeist Eastbourne, East Sussex, England
- 1904 UFO USS Supply UFO Sighting Pacific Ocean, off San Francisco, USA
- 1905 Poltergeist The Cottingham Poltergeist Cottingham, East Yorkshire, England
- 1905 Haunting Napsbury Hospital St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
- 1905 Possession The Thompson-Gifford Case New York and Rhode Island, USA
- 1906 Haunting Bangour Village Hospital: Scotland's City of the Dying West Lothian, Scotland
- 1906 Haunting Bovey Castle Dartmoor, Devon, England
- 1906 Possession The Possession of Clara Germana Cele Natal Province, South Africa
- 1906 Cryptid The Brighton Sea Creature Brighton, East Sussex, England
- 1906 Cryptid Giant Anaconda Amazon River, Brazil
- 1906 Cryptid Morgawr: The Cornish Sea Serpent Falmouth Bay, Cornwall, England
- 1906 Haunting Sallie House Haunting Atchison, Kansas, USA
- 1906 Haunting Robert the Doll Key West, Florida, USA
- 1907 Haunting Aldwych Station: London's Haunted Ghost Station Strand, London, England
- 1907 Apparition The Phantom Barber of the Gulf Pensacola, Florida, USA
- 1907 UFO Burlington Torpedo UFO Burlington, Vermont, USA
- 1907 Haunting Lawang Sewu Semarang, Indonesia
- 1907 Haunting South Kensington Station Screaming Spectre South Kensington, London, England
- 1907 Haunting Sunderland Empire: The Spectral Performer High Street West, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
- 1908 Haunting Goldfield Hotel Goldfield, Nevada, USA
- 1908 Haunting Pennhurst Asylum Spring City, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1908 Haunting Kolmanskop Ghost Town Namib Desert, Namibia
- 1908 Cryptid Manipogo Lake Manitoba, Canada
- 1908 Other The Tunguska Event Tunguska, Siberia, Russia
- 1908 Haunting Pennhurst State School and Hospital Spring City, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1908 Haunting Pennhurst State School Spring City, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1908 Possession The Possession of Luranah Mather London, England
- 1908 Other Tunguska Event Siberia, Russia
- 1909 UFO The British Scareship Wave United Kingdom
- 1909 Cryptid Congo's Living Dinosaur Lake Tele, Republic of Congo
- 1909 Cryptid Snallygaster Frederick County, Maryland, USA
- 1909 Haunting Stanley Hotel Haunting Estes Park, Colorado, USA
- 1909 Haunting The Shining Hotel Estes Park, Colorado, USA
- 1909 Haunting The Stanley Hotel Ghosts Estes Park, Colorado, USA
- 1909 Haunting The Hotel That Inspired The Shining Estes Park, Colorado, USA
- 1909 Haunting Netherne Hospital Coulsdon, Surrey, England
- 1909 UFO The New Zealand Airship Wave New Zealand
- 1909 Haunting The Stanley Hotel Estes Park, Colorado, USA