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Scans matching “Lawson”8 scans

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  Sign at the Salem Village parsonage site Scan

  Fletcher6 ·from The Afflicted Girls of the Salem Village Parsonage: Betty Parris and Abigail Williams (1692) (1692)

  1681 SALEM VILLAGE PARSONAGE IN 1681 THE SALEM VILLAGE INHABITANTS BUILT A HOME FOR THEIR MINISTER AT THIS SITE. MINISTERS RESIDING HERE WERE: GEORGE BURROUGHS (1681-83), ACCUSED IN 1692 OF BEING A WITCH AND HANGED; DEODAT LAWSON (1684-88), AUTHOR OF THE FIRST VOLUME ABOUT SALEM VILLAGE WITCHCRAFT; …

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  Lead image for the 2023 reprint of the Valley Morning Star story of 13 January 1976 Scan

  Port Isabel-South Padre Press ·from Big Bird of the Rio Grande Valley: the Lawson and Davies sighting and the Grimaldo attack (1976)
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  1976 sighting image, content unverified Scan

  Facebook ·from Big Bird of the Rio Grande Valley: the Lawson and Davies sighting and the Grimaldo attack (1976)
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  AP clipping, January 1976: "Raymondville Man Claims Damage By 'Big Bird'" Scan

  from Big Bird of the Rio Grande Valley: the Lawson and Davies sighting and the Grimaldo attack (1976)

  Raymondville Man Claims Damage By 'Big Bird' RAYMONDVILLE (AP) --A Raymondville man, told of officers he was attacked by a "big bird" as he stood in the back yard of his home late Wednesday, police said Thursday. Earlier, several persons in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including two police officers.…

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  Clipping: "Horrible-Faced, Big-Eyed Bird Described By Brownsville Man" Scan

  from Big Bird of the Rio Grande Valley: the Lawson and Davies sighting and the Grimaldo attack (1976)

  Horrible-Faced, Big-Eyed Bird Described By Brownsville Man BROWNSVILLE — "His face was horrible and he had real big eyes." Alverno Guajardo said Thursday of a strange bird-like creature he claims to have seen outside his home Wednesday night. The sighting is one of several reports of a large bird ha…

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  Brownsville Herald, 18 January 1976: "Reward Offered for Protection of the Valley's 'Big Bird'" Scan

  Newspapers.com clipping ·from Big Bird of the Rio Grande Valley: the Lawson and Davies sighting and the Grimaldo attack (1976)

  Reward Offered For Protection Of Valley's 'Big Bird' BY GREGORY COOK Amy Coyle, the founder of *Olympus Black Belt* is "incredibly beautiful." Highlighting "Olympus Black Belt" is "the most beautiful high-tech camera from professional artists. Then again, he has a check for $5,000 made out to be "Bi…

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  Brownsville Herald, 1 February 1976: "'Big Bird' might be a stork" Scan

  Newspapers.com clipping ·from Big Bird of the Rio Grande Valley: the Lawson and Davies sighting and the Grimaldo attack (1976)

  'Big Bird' Might Be A Stork COLLEGE STATION, Tex. (UPI) — A large, Central American stork which has been sighted as far north as Oklahoma may be the likely explanation for the mysterious South Texas "Big Bird," a Texas A&M ornithologist said Saturday. Several arguments lean toward the stork, called …

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  Cover of Ken Gerhard's Big Bird! Modern Sightings of Flying Monsters Scan

  from Big Bird of the Rio Grande Valley: the Lawson and Davies sighting and the Grimaldo attack (1976)