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Midwest — Reported Anomalies filings

Reported anomalies filed in Iowa

The Iowa record holds 7 dossiers in this class — filings the archive keeps because the report is on record, not because it resolves cleanly. Legends, creatures, investigations and claims that resist a tidier drawer all land here. Each file keeps what was reported next to what the paper trail supports; the reader sorts the rest.

7 dossiers1 county covered57% open to visitorsBlack Angel Monument at Oakland Cemetery — deepest file

Also filed under reported anomalies:California23 Massachusetts17 New York17 Pennsylvania14 Georgia12 Arizona12 Illinois10 Ohio10

Other Iowa filings:moving objects4

Cemetery Monument

Black Angel Monument at Oakland Cemetery

Iowa City, Iowa

Cemetery monument associated with documented cultural history.

4 claims · 3 legends→

High confidence

Villisca Ax Murder House

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Edinburgh Manor

Scotch Grove, Iowa

Hospital associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Farrar Schoolhouse

School associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Squirrel Cage Jail

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Jail associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Cherokee Mental Health Institute

Iowa’s 1902 asylum on the hill—still operating, still storied.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mount Pleasant State Hospital

Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Iowa’s first state hospital—1861 and the oldest continuously operating.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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