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9- Big Bird in Texas?
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Today's episode takes us to the year 1976— almost 47 years ago! There are several stories from the nineteen seventies that all tell of the same thing: A giant bird almost the size of a car had flown across the sky. For the most part, the stories are similar. The size of the bird seemed to be the same. However, the face and bird’s body were slightly different in each case. What could it have been?
References
Crofford, L. (2023. November 2). Once upon a time in Texas. giant mythical bird sightings. The Bull Amarillo. https://thebullamarillo.com/texas-big-bird-sightings/
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Pteranodon". Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/animal/Pteranodon. Accessed 29 November 2023.
https://abcbirds.org/bird/great-blue-heron/
http://www.theworldbirdingcenter.com/Bentsen.html
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Blue_Heron/overview#
https://ebird.org/species/jabiru
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