Ohio

  1. 2001-10-29 Jeepers creepers , he’s got his eyes out for creatures [Part 1] [Part 2] The Beacon Journal (Akron, OH), pp. A1 & A6
  2. 2001-10-29 Monster tales The Beacon Journal (Akron, OH), p. A6

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    Freshwater

  3. 1956-03-07 Richard L. Gordon — Let's build a monster legend The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 20

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    Hoe-dag

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    Indescribable Octoman

  4. 1959-01-30 What is it? 'Monster" churns up Ohio The Cincinnati Post and Times-Star (Cincinnati, OH), p. 1
  5. 1959-01-30 Monster seen in two areas of Cincinnati Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, OH), p. 1
  6. 1959-01-30 Pepper could use this 'monster' Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH), p. 7

    'Horrible' monster spotted in Cincy; cage coach alert

  7. 1959-01-30 'Horrible' monster spotted in Cincy; cage coach alert Wilmington News-Journal (Wilmington, OH), p. 1 NewspaperARCHIVE
  8. 1959-01-30 'Horrible' monster spotted in Cincy; cage coach alert Van Wert Times Bulletin (Van Wert, OH), p. 2<
  9. 1959-01-30 'Horrible' monster spotted in Cincy; cage coach alert Washington C. H. Record Herald (Washington C. H., OH), p. 2

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  10. 1959-01-31 River monster takes stroll om bridge The Cincinnati Post and Times-Star (Cincinnati, OH), p. 2

  11. 1959-02-02 Godzilla The Cincinnati Post and Times-Star (Cincinnati, OH), p. 26

  12. 1959-02-04 Royals seek monster to retard skid Mansfield News-Journal (Mansfield, OH), p. 19

  13. 1959-02-04 The Town's Talking — Hobby horse monster [Clipping] The Cincinnati Post and Times-Star (Cincinnati, OH), p. 17

  14. 1959-02-07 Who Keeps Redlegs Here? — The wife of Capt. John Beatty The Cincinnati Post and Times-Star (Cincinnati, OH), p. 3

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    Ohio Bearded Fish

    Geneva, Ohio

  15. 1933-04-03 Hooked fish with a long flowing beard but it got away Fort Lauderdale Daily News (Fort Lauderdale, FL), p. 1
  16. 1933-04-03 Angler forgot to shout "Beaver" as bearded fish bit The Vancouver Daily Province (Vancouver, BC), p. 7
  17. 1933-04-03 Fish with flowing beard escapes; what? Captain The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN), p. 1
  18. 1933-04-03 Fish "with long beard" hooked but escaped The Ottawa Evening Citizen (Ottawa, ON), p. 3
  19. 1933-04-03 Says bearded fish yanked him awake The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), p. 2
  20. 1933-04-03 Young Ogopogo — maybe The Lethbridge Herald (Lethbridge, AB), p. 7
  21. 1933-04-03 Hooked fish having eight inch beard The Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, NY), p. 1
  22. 1933-04-03 No title The Winona Republican Herald (Winona, MN), p. 8
  23. 1933-04-03 Says fish with long flowing beard got away Fitchburg Sentinel (Fitchburg, MA), p. 6

    Flashes of Life

  24. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life — Now you tell one The Selma Times-Journal (Selma, AL), p. 2
  25. 1933-04-03 Around The World — Now you tell Rushville Republican (Rushville, IN). p. 1
  26. 1933-04-03 Around The World — Now you tell Rushville Republican (Rushville, IN). p. 1
  27. 1933-04-03 Around The World — Now you tell Rushville Republican (Rushville, IN). p. 1
  28. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life — Now you tell one The Huntsville Times (Huntsville, AL), p. 6
  29. 1933-04-03 Here and There About This World of Onus [Part 1] [Part 2] — Now you tell one The Tampa Daily Times (Tampa, FL), pp. 1 & 2
  30. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life — Now you tell one The Charlotte News (Charlotte, NC), p. 7
  31. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life [Part 1] [Part 2] — Now you tell one [Clipping 2] The Brattleboro Daily Reformer (Brattleboro, VT), p. 6
  32. 1933-04-03 Strange But True News of the Day — In 'dry' Ohio [Clipping 2] he Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), p. 6
  33. 1933-04-03 Strange But True News of the Day — In 'dry' Ohio [Clipping 2] The Bismarck Tribune (Bismarck, ND), p. 6
  34. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life Sketched in Brief — Now you tell one The Kingston Daily Freeman (Kingston, NY), p. 2
  35. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life [Clipping] The Lowell Sun (Lowell, MA), p. 2
  36. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life [Clipping] The Lowell Sun (Lowell, MA), p. 2
  37. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life [Clipping] The Lowell Sun (Lowell, MA), p. 2
  38. 1933-04-03 This Funny World [Clipping] The Sun-Democrat (Paducah, KT), p. 4
  39. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life [Clipping] Elmira Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), p. 1
  40. 1933-04-03 Flashes of Life [Clipping] The Bennington Evening Banner (Bennington, VT), p. 3
  41. 1933-04-04 Life Flashes [Clipping] Lansing State Journal (Lansing, MI), p. 4
  42. 1933-04-04 Flashes of Life [Clipping] Ithaca Journal-News (Ithaca, NY), p. 8

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    Now you tell one

  43. 1933-04-03 Now you tell one The North Adams Transcript (North Adams, MA). p. 4
  44. 1933-04-03 Now you tell one The North Adams Transcript (North Adams, MA). p. 4
  45. 1933-04-03 Now you tell one The Plain Speaker (Hazleton, PA), p. 4
  46. 1933-04-03 Now you tell one The Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD), p. 12 Newspapers.com
  47. 1933-04-03 Now you tell one Burlington Daily News (Burlington, VT), p. 1
  48. 1933-04-03 Now you tell one Port Huron Times Herald (Port Huron, MI), p. 7
  49. 1933-04-04 Now you tell one The Barre Daily Times (Barre, VT), p. 7
  50. 1933-04-04 Now you tell one [Part 1] [Part 2] The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT), p. 8
  51. 1933-04-04 Now you tell one [Part 1] [Part 2] The Ogden Standard-Examiner (Ogden, UT), p. 8
  52. 1933-04-07 Now you tell one The Post-Register (Idaho Falls, ID), p. 2

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    OOP Octopus

  53. 1950-05-24 Boy fisherman catches Octopus in Lake Erie Buffalo Evening News (Buffalo, NY), p. 1
  54. 1950-05-24 Octopus take in Lake Erie The News Evening Chronicle (Vallejo, CA), p. 7

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    Sandusky Sea Serpent

  55. 1945-10-19 Sandusky's famous "Sea Serpent" is in headlines again The Sandusky Register Star-News (Sandusky, OH), p. 1 NewspaperARCHIVE

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  56. 1933-04-04 Season of fish tales opens with good one The Pensacola Journal (Pensacola, FL), p. 3
  57. 1933-04-04 What? Bearded fish? My, oh, my! Captain! The Muncie Morning (Muncie, IN), p. 1
  58. 1933-04-04 This man caught fish with beard Victoria Daily Times (ictoria, BC), p. 2
  59. 1933-04-11 Fish with beard flowing gets away The Evening Republicam (Columbus, IN), p. 7

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    Bigfoot

  60. 1980-10-17 Tales of Bigfoot are bit much to chew The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH), p. B1

    Warren County Monster

  61. 1964-06-27 Fines hush Warren's monster talk Journal Herald, Final Valley Edition (Dayton, OH), p. 20

  62. 1964-06-28 Fines halt monster talk, complaints from farmers along Little Miami River Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, OH), p. 3B

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  63. 1935-07-26 White Groundhog caugh Mount Carmel Item (Mount Carmel, PA), p. 6
  64. 1935-07-27 White Groundhog caugh St. Joseph News-Press (St. Joseph, MO), p. 10
  65. 1935-08-01 Has white Groundhog The Windsor Daily Star (Windsor, ON), p. 24

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    Kenmore Grassman

  66. 2001-01-29 Village thrives in city [Part 1] [Part 2] Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH), pp. B1 & B4
  67. 2001-01-29 Village thrives in city [Part 1] [Part 2] Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH), pp. B1 & B4

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    Norwalk Ape

  68. 1930-06-06 Ape is prowling about Ohio city spreading terror The Zanesville Signal (Zanesville, OH), p. 1

  69. 1948-07-16 "Ape, serpent" tales in Barn Owl escapades The Sandusky Register Star-News (Sandusky, OH), p. 1

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    Elyria Creature

  70. 1944-07-12 Elyria has a 'monster' too! Mansfield News-Journal (Mansfield, OH), p. 1

  71. 1944-07-12 News briefs [Clipping] Columbus Evening Dispatch (Columbus, OH), p. 6A

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    Snakes

    Fiddle Lake Serpent

  72. 1889-05-11 A monster reptile The Carbondale Leader (Carbondale, PA), p. 3

  73. 1889-05-27 The serpent of Fiddle Lake Morning Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), p. 1

  74. 1889-05-30 The serpent of Fiddle Lake Hamilton Weekly Spectator (Hamilton, ON), p. 6

  75. 1889-06-06 Big as a saw log Herald and News (Randolph, VT), p.3
  76. 1889-06-06 Big as a saw log The Fort Wayne Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN), p. 3
  77. 1889-06-06 The serpent of Fiddle Lake [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Illustration] St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO), p. 18

  78. 1889-06-15 Big as a saw log The Daily Democrat (Huntington, IN), p. 7

  79. 1889-10-12 Snakes big and little Arkansas City Traveler (Arkansas City, KS), p. 2

  80. 1889-11-08 Snakes big and little [Part 1] [Part 2] The Daily Gazette (Wellington, KS), p. 3

  81. 1889-11-03 Snakes big and little [Part 1] [Part 2] Wichita New Republic (Wichita, KS), p. 3

  82. 1890-03-07 A monstrous serpent The Times (Altoona, PA), p. 3

    Lebanon, OH

  83. 1925-09-11 Snake eludes hunters The Evansville Press (Evansville, IN), p. 19
  84. 1925-11-17 Snake eludes hunters The Indianapolis times (Indianapolis, IN), p. 2

  85. 1944-06-23 Big python on prowl in northern Ohio The Lexington Leader (Lexington, KT), p. 8

  86. 1944-06-24 Mayor sets up rules for peninsula hunt Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH), p. 2
  87. 1944-06-24 Possesformed for snake hunt The Coshocton Tribune (Coshocton, OH), p. 1
  88. 1944-06-24 Serpent on prowl again Delphos Daily Herald (Delphos, OH), p. 1

  89. 1944-06-26 Snake Hunters Fail To Find Peninsula Python Columbus Evening Dispatch (Columbus, OH), p. 6B
  90. 1944-06-26 'Sarah the Python" eludes posses hunt in Peninsula The Canton, Repository (Canton, OH), p. 3

  91. 1944-09-19 Claim Python Is Out Again The Daily Jeffersonian (Cambridge, OH), p. 1

  92. 1984-03-21 No sweat! County can't grab the Peninsula Python Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH), p. D2

    Peninsula Python

  93. 1944-07-12 Early serpents Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT), p. 4
  94. 1944-08-25 Elusive 'Peninsula Python' Now Reported in Ashtabula The Canton Repostitory (Canton, OH), p. 15
  95. 1966-11-25 Peninsula Pupils Revive Python Tale The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), p. 39
  96. 1966-11-25 Peninsula Pupils Revive Python Tale The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), p. 39

  97. 1944-07-09 Python Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH), p. 8D

  98. 1945, November The Peninsula Python: An Absolutely True Story — Wayback Machine The Atlantic

  99. 1979-02-23 Tale may be just snake in the grass The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH), p. B1

    Cultural Impact

  100. 1944-07-30 The inside of outdoors Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), p. 12-B

  101. 1967-07-02 Music Center Sounds Mellow The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), p. 3Z

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    Grant County Monster

  102. 1964-08-01 Grant County sighs … so does blushing 'monster' The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), p. 2
  103. 1964-07-30 “Monster" mystery solved? The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 18
  104. 1964-07-31 Monster scare quiets down The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), p. 2

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    Snaix

  105. 1882-05-29 Snaix The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), p. 2

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    Ungulates

    Chester Township Mystery Animals

  106. 2007-04-20 Mystery animals roam Ohio woods Edmonton Journal (Edmonton, AB), p. A12
  107. 2007-04-20 Mysterious animals baffle wildlife experts Calgary Herald (Calgary, AB), p. A30
  108. 2007-04-20 Mystery animals roam Ohio Sun-Journal (Lewiston, ME), p. B5
  109. 2007--04-20 Mystery animals roaming northeast Ohio woods Coshocton Tribune (Coshocton, OH), p 4A
  110. 2007--04-20 Mystery animals roaming woods Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, OH), p. C3
  111. 2007-04-20 Mystery animals in Maine woods stump experts The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 14A
  112. 2007-04-28 Mystery animals roaming northeast Ohio woods [Part 1] [Part 2] Galion Inquirer Ad-visor (Galion, OH), p. 7

  113. 2007-04-19 Wildlife experts tracking mystery animals in northeast Ohio — Wayback Machine
  114. 2007-04-20 Mystery animals roaming in Ohio woods — Wayback Machine

    Newark Mystery Deer

  115. 2007-10-26 'Mystery' animal roaming in Newark thought to be deer [Part 1] [Part 2] The Advocate (Newark, OH), pp. 1A & 10A

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    Varients

  116. 1935-07-31 White Groundhog caught The St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, ON(, p. 7

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    Carnivores

    Bruno

  117. 1979-08-16 Wandering lion cub ends trek, gets treat Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH), p. 1

  118. 1979-08-17 Escaped Lion cub reverts to old self The Advocate (Newark, OH), p.20

    New Lexington

  119. 1884-12-26 Strange animal at large Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), p. 1

  120. 1884-14-31 Ohio state news [Clipping] The Daily Gazette (Fort Wayne, IN), p. 4

  121. 1885-01-01 Ohio state news [Clipping] Delphos Weekly Herald (Delphos, OH), p. 5

  122. 1885-01-01 Ohio state news [Clipping] Wayne County Herald (Wooster, OH), p. 6
  123. 1885-01-01 Ohio state news [Clipping] Wayne County Herald (Wooster, OH), p. 6

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    Cincinnati White Cat

  124. 2010-03-26 City searching for white cat large The Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), p. B3

    Richfield Bobcat

  125. 1945-12-07 Lynx Prowls In Cuyahoga The Dayton Herald (Dayton, OH), p. 31

    Rion Lion

  126. 1984-12-03 Trappers stalk Avondale animal [Part 1] [Part 2] The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 5A

  127. 1984-12-04 No 'Lion' — huge cat prowling N. Avondale, say residents The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. C1
  128. 1984-12-04 Big cat on the prowl in Cincinnati Springfield News-Sun (Springfield, OH), p. 4
  129. 1984-12-04 Elusive 'Rion Lion' is still on the prowl The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 10A
  130. 1984-12-04 On safari: stalking the North Avondale Lion The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 2A

  131. 1984-12-06 A fugitive on little cat feet [Photo 1] [Photo 2] The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 1A

  132. 1984-12-21 'Rion' is still on prowl The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 12C

    Tunnel Road Lion

  133. 1994-11-14 Large cat-like animal reported near Lynchburg Wilmington News-Journal (Wilmington, OH), p. 1

  134. 1994-11-15 Lion reported on loose The Cincinnati Enquirer (Cincinnati, OH), p. B2
  135. 1994-11-15 Elusive feline at large? The Press Gazette (Hillsboro, OH), p. 1

  136. 1994-12-01 Mountain lion loose in Hillsboro The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 1B

  137. 1994-12-31 Remembering friends from ’94 [Clipping] The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH), p. 1B

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