I've written about the Thunderbird before, and how photos of the beast have become an obsession with cryptozoologists. Several photos claiming to be of the Tombstone creature circulate around the Internet, along with several more showing Civil War soldiers bagging flying monsters, as well as this more modern shot that looks like it's from the mid-twentieth century. Sadly, while there are so many Thunderbird photos, no one seems to have an actual Thunderbird stuck up on their wall.
For more on this crazy story, see my posts on pterodactyl sightings in America and another photo of cowboys with a pterodactyl. I also wrote about it in my new booklet, The Weird Wild West: Tall Tales and Legends about the Frontier.
While I'm careful to use only public domain photos in this blog, I'm not sure this one is. If it's really as old as it appears, then it's public domain. It could simply be an old fake. If it's modern, then I'm in breach of copyright, but the only way the creator could sue me is if they admitted faking the photo! I'll take that chance. :-)
7 comments:
And if it's an old fake, then that's really impressive.
Old fake? Isn't that the correct term for most congressmen? It does look impressive though!
It's a fake. The artist removed the dead deer hanging from the ropes and replaced them with a pterodactyl. However, they forgot to remove some deer legs from between the third and fourth hunters from the left!
We're going to have to start calling you eagle eye! Very good observation
See "Inca Stones" ! Small Inca men snuck up on massive birds (40 ft. wing span) and jumped on their backs ..taking them gor a ride ! Believe it!
I see what looks like 2 deer hooves but they are on the ground nowhere near the flying beast. The barn looks like it was used for hunting could be all sort of animal parts around. Now that pterodactyl looks like it has a real furry chest. Not sure what to think of this photo.
Big ass deer.
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