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Sightings
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1st Century: Rome, Italy - The Historian naturalis Pliny the Elder reported that a dragon
was slain on Vatican Hill during the reign of emperor Claudius.
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11th Century: Kiev, Russia - As recorded in the byliny (legends of heroes), Dobrynja slew a dragon
named Gorynych that terrorized that region for years.
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1188: Ireland - Tristan of Lonesse slew a dragon, Giraldus Cambrensis later anounced that Ireland was
free of all dragons.
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12th Century: Drachenfels, Germany - A mountain used to house a dragn that lived on a diet of young women,
a fortress was later built on this sight.
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1222: London, England - Dragons were seen over the city on November 30, 1222. Thunderstorms and severe floods
followed the flight of these mystic beings.
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13th Century: Provence, France - The Rhone River was inhabited by a dragon named Drac, the town of Draguignan
was later named after this beast. However, the worst attacks seemed to take place in Beaucaire.
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1572: Bonn, Germany - Ulisse Aldrovandi, an Italian naturalist, was said to have a lindworm in his collection
that was supposedly killed that year.
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1572:Scandinavia - A dragon took homage in a region north of Lapland; the dragon was reduced to a diet of mice because of the area being a desolate region.
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1608: Sanctogoarin, Germany - A Dragon was reported to have started fires during flight above the area. This was recorded by Edward Topsell, A German naturalist.
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1608: Neidenburg, Germany - A dragon, reported by Edward Topsell, was supposedly poisoning the wells by bathing in them.
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1619: Switzerland - A prefect, Christopher Schorer, of the canton of Solothurn reported seeing a winged mountain dragon in Lucerne.
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1654: Switzerland - Christopher Schorer reported the sighting of an encounter between a hunter and a dragon. The latter retreated back to its mountain den.
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1660: Rome, Italy - A German, Athanatius Kircher, examined a dragon supposedly slain near the city. He later commented on the animal's webbed feet.
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1669: Henham, Essex, England - A nine foot long amphiptere was discovered on a hillock near the town. The serpent occupied the area for several months but never inflicted any harm.
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Middle Ages: Isle Ste. Margeurite France - A dragon lived on this island off of the French coast. The animal was confused with the Tarasque, because of its ferocity. This beast did however, unlike the Tarasque, have wings.
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