May 15 in strange history

2 strange events from history happened on May 15, plus 46 Canadian UFO sightings.

1891
In the old newspapers
A wild man caught on Salado Creek
San Antonio, Texas
A farmer near San Antonio said that after a long chase he captured a wild man on Salado Creek, with a foot-long shaggy black beard, hair down his back and nails three inches long. The Ocala Banner said it revived an old Florida wild-man scare.
1893
In the old newspapers
The Cedar Bass Lake monster
Knox, Indiana
After years of torn nets, a capsized rowboat and a steamer tugged by its anchor line, a fishing party from Knox (including the lawyer who had defended President Garfield's assassin) hooked something that ran out a thousand feet of line.

Canadian UFO sightings on May 15

The Canadian UFO Survey logged 46 sightings on May 15 between 1989 and today, most in 2021 (21). Most came from British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta.

2005 · Regina, Saskatchewan · Close encounter with beings
Spurious report of encounter with grey alien
2005 · Winnipeg, Manitoba · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Hovering, slowly moving object changing shape, rising, headed N
2009 · Edmonton, Alberta · Daylight disc
Large white rectangular object that flipped around in the sky
2013 · Scarborough, Ontario · Daylight disc
Unknown object appears in photo beside moon
2020 · Edmonton, Alberta · Physical traces
Photo: strange reflection in photo
2021 · St-Hubert, Quebec · Daylight disc, 2 witnesses
Photo: stationary object in sky, moved slowly, then fast, stopped [NB: Venus?]

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

The US Air Force opened 758 Project Blue Book files for sightings in May, 1947 to 1969. Browse the Air Force files.