An interesting article in the journal The Zoologist in its July 1868 the author described what he saw earlier that year in Copiapo (Atacama, Chile): "Yesterday, at about five o'clock, when they had finished the day's work in this mine and all workers were gathered waiting for dinner, we saw the sky appear a gigantic bird, at first we thought it was one of clouds at the time obscured the atmosphere, assuming that the wind had separated from the rest. Jersey Devil (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Its course was from northwest to southeast, and fast, straight flight. As happened a short distance from our heads, we saw the strange structure of its body. Its immense wings were covered with gray plumage, the monstrous head looked like a lobster, and its wide-open eyes glowed like embers, seemed to be covered with something like the thick, stiff hair of a boar, while in his body, elongated like a snake, we could only see brilliant scales, which originated a met...