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“thunderbird”

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The Togiak and Manokotak giant bird (2002)

October 10, 2002 · Togiak and Manokotak, Bristol Bay region, Dillingham Census Area, Alaska

Cryptid · Creature · 10 sources

17Thinly documented

Texas John Huffer Films Thunderbirds at Lake Shelbyville

c. 1977 · Cove near the Findlay marina, Lake Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois

Cryptid · Creature · 21 sources · 1 photos

29Thinly documented

The Lawndale Thunderbird Attack on Marlon Lowe

July 25, 1977 · Lawndale, Logan County, Illinois

Cryptid · Creature · 23 sources

17Thinly documented

Sgt. Thomas Downey's giant winged creature, Bird Hill, Easton, Massachusetts (1971)

1971 · Bird Hill, Easton, at the edge of the Hockomock Swamp, Massachusetts

Cryptid · Creature · 16 sources

15Thinly documented

The St. Louis and Alton Giant Bird Flap (Thunderbird Sightings), 1948

April 1948 · Alton, Illinois, and greater St. Louis, Missouri, with a separate cluster around Caledonia and Freeport, northern Illinois

Cryptid · Creature · 14 sources

28Thinly documented

The Tombstone Thunderbird: the Winged Monster of the Huachuca Desert

April 20, 1890 · Huachuca Desert, between the Whetstone and Huachuca mountains, Cochise County, Arizona Territory

Cryptid · Creature · 27 sources

17Thinly documented

The Fiery Dragon of Elizabeth Lake: Peter R. Simpson's Midnight Encounter (1886)

July 15, 1886 · Elizabeth Lake, Sierra Pelona Mountains, Los Angeles County, California

Cryptid · Creature · 26 sources

12Thinly documented

Names7

thunderbird Term · 6 stories
A giant bird.
Loren Coleman Person · 70 stories
A cryptozoologist who turns up again and again in the archive, sometimes as the field investigator and sometimes as the commentator.
MonsterQuest Programme · 11 stories
A television series that kept returning to old mysteries.
John A. Keel Person · 8 stories
A writer whose name runs through the archive's strangest tales.
Lawndale Place · 3 stories
A small village in Logan County, Illinois.
Mark A. Hall Person · 3 stories
A researcher and author whose name surfaces wherever old newspaper trails lead.
Strange Magazine Organisation · 3 stories
A magazine of the strange, edited by Mark Chorvinsky, that kept returning to cases others had left cold.

Videos13 · see all

Legend or Lie: Tombstone Thunderbird

From The Tombstone Thunderbird: the Winged Monster of the Huachuca Desert

The Mystery of the Tombstone Thunderbird

From The Tombstone Thunderbird: the Winged Monster of the Huachuca Desert

Thunderbird: Giant Prehistoric Bird Terrifying Pennsylvania

From The St. Louis and Alton Giant Bird Flap (Thunderbird Sightings), 1948

The Hidden Histories of San Antonio Texas Episode 10: The Big Birds attacks in 1976 (Thunderbirds)

From The Rio Grande Valley "Big Bird" Flap: Harlingen, Brownsville and Raymondville

Attempted Child Abduction by Thunderbird in Lawndale, Illinois: Fascinating Tale/Community Drive

From The Lawndale Thunderbird Attack on Marlon Lowe

Video from The Tombstone Thunderbird: the Winged Monster of the Huachuca Desert

From The Tombstone Thunderbird: the Winged Monster of the Huachuca Desert

St. Louis Proud: The Piasa Bird

From The St. Louis and Alton Giant Bird Flap (Thunderbird Sightings), 1948

Alton's Piasa Bird

From The St. Louis and Alton Giant Bird Flap (Thunderbird Sightings), 1948

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