#Cryptozoology

Local legends on a remote Indonesian island insisted that tiny, hairy, human-like creatures lived in the caves and stole food. Scientists dismissed it as campfire folklore—until they dug up the bones.

In March 1882, a 30-foot flying serpent allegedly attacked a Southern Pacific train between Yuma and Los Angeles, witnessed by multiple passengers and crew.

In January 1882, the Los Angeles Times published a front-page report detailing a 30-foot-long, winged "flying serpent" that collided with a steam locomotive in the California desert, became enraged, and violently attacked the train while passengers shot at it with revolvers.