August 11 in strange history

3 strange events from history happened on August 11, plus 89 Canadian UFO sightings.

1897
In the old newspapers
The wild man of the White Plains road
Mount Vernon, New York
Cyclists on the road between Mount Vernon and White Plains reported a wild man who burst out of the woods to stop travellers, and a lawyer said he met him at the foot of a hill.
1899
In the old newspapers
Champ off Split Rock, 80 feet long
Essex, New York
A witness the Burlington News called entirely trustworthy saw a creature about 80 feet long swimming south half a mile away, where the lake is deepest. Its head was broad and flat like a hand on a table, its body a low arch and its broad tail tip stuck up out of the water.
1921
In the old newspapers
A shot 'gorilla' gets up and chases a man in Gettysburg
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A woman on York Street saw a creature about four feet high moving along her back fence. A neighbour fired a shotgun and it dropped, but when he walked over it jumped up on its hind legs and chased him into the house, then headed off toward Biglerville.

Canadian UFO sightings on August 11

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 89 sightings on August 11 between 1989 and today, most in 2004 (9). Most came from Quebec, British Columbia, Ontario.

1994 · Fernie, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Triangle-shaped object
2003 · New Westminster, British Columbia · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Object filmed with camcorder, balloon?
2003 · Surrey, British Columbia · Daylight disc
Object with 3 intense lights, row of amber windows on side, going W
2016 · Trois Rivieres, Quebec · Physical traces, 3 witnesses
Grey disc-shaped object seen in photograph after being taken. 2 reports made
2017 · Sept-Iles, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Strange stationary object in NE above treetops; made of metal, indefinite form
2018 · Laval, Quebec · Daylight disc, 7 witnesses
Stationary object high in sky, changing shape

Source: the Canadian UFO Survey, Ufology Research. Explore every Canadian sighting.

The US Air Force opened 1,178 Project Blue Book files for sightings in August, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.