Crawfordsville Monster (sources)

Primary Sources

• "A Strange Phenomenon," article in the Daily Journal, newspaper of Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA, September 5, 1891, pg. 8. Online: https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=CDJ18910905.1.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
• "Mr. Switzer Saw the Spook," article in the Daily Journal, newspaper of Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA, September 7, 1891, pg. 5. Online: https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=CDJ18910907.1.5&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
• "The Spook Explained," article in the Daily Journal, newspaper of Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA, September 8, 1891, pg. 7. Online: https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=CDJ18910908.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
• "Famous," article in the Daily Journal, newspaper of Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA, September 9, 1891, pg. 3. Online: https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=CDJ18910909.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
• "Asking About the Spook," article in the Daily Journal, newspaper of Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA, September 11, 1891, pg. 3. Online: https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=CDJ18910911.1.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
• "A Substitute for the Sea Serpent," article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Thursday, September 10, 1891. Pg. 4, cols. 2-3. Online: http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%207/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201891%20Grayscale/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201891%20Grayscale%20-%202089.pdf

Secondary Sources

• Lo!, by Charles Fort, 2006 Cosimo, Inc., New York, NY, USA. [originally published 1931]. ISBN: 1-59605-946-X. Pgs. 141-142
• Montgomery County Historical Society Profiles: The Crawfordsville Monster (sighted on September 5, 1891), by S. Chandler Lighty, MCHS Research Associate, April 2008, Montgomery County Historical Society, Inc., Crawfordsville, Indiana. Online at: http://www.lane-mchs.org/Crawfordsville%20monster.pdf
• Crawfordsville Electric Light & Power, PDF from the Indiana Historical Society website, viewed 7-28-2017. Online: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwj-7b6Mga3VAhVnjVQKHXHjA_wQFggmMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indianahistory.org%2Four-services%2Fbooks-publications%2Fhbr%2Fcrawford-electric.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEr7G0NWNJUuiPQgC9l1HWaMYqpuw

Mentions & Repeaters

• Unexplained! 347 Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences, and Puzzling Physical Phenomena, by Jerome Clarke, 1993 Visible Ink Press, Detroit, MI, USA. ISBN: 0-8103-9436-7.  Pgs. 78-79
  His sources: "Indiana's Sky Monster," by Vincent Gaddis, in Doubt, #14 (Spring 1946), pg. 209-210; Mysterious Fires and Lights, by Vincent Gaddis, 1968.
• "Rods," episode of MonsterQuest, first aired 2008 on the History Channel. 45 minutes. Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMeT3KZ3rGU