Jersey devil and Pterodactyls
"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 metallic sound when the strange animal turned the body during flight. " This report is similar in some respects to the accounts referred to the bird-sized aircraft were spotted in Illinois (USA) in 1948. But in this case the Chilean workers were closer to their "bird" when they saw him, then being able to describe their strange appearance. Was it really a bird, or was a flying reptile?.
The saga of Tombstone is complicated by the fact that apparently had shot another "bird of thunder" in the same area in 1886.Some researchers claim to have seen a photograph of it, although to date no one has been able to locate it. Apparently, no one knows what happened to the animal's body, if they really existed. Several stories published in American newspapers during the second half of the twentieth century have proved to be lies, and this may well be another. Admitting that the "birds" of Copiapo and Tombstone had really existed, it would be more of prehistoric monsters of birds as we know them now. Some years earlier, around the 1850s, a French newspaper reported that in a quarry Culmont, in Haute-Mamne (France), men had discovered a living pterodactyl. The creature emerged from a cave in the rock, and looked like a bat the size of a large goose. It was black, and the wingspan was about 3 meters. It is possible to admit that the stories of the nineteenth century on the pterodactyls are not legit, but in the twentieth century there have been some disturbing events in America that is more difficult to reject. The first reports of the twentieth century refer to a mysterious monster called "the Jersey Devil." In January 1909 this strange "thing" terrorized the state of New Jersey. His refuge was apparently somewhere in Pine Barrens, a remote area southeast of the state.During the years were attributed to the Jersey Devil all sorts of strange phenomena. The Jersey Devil Jokes
The Guardian James Sackville also saw him in Bristol that night. He said he had wings and jumping like a bird, but had strange features and emitted a horrible scream. Sackville ran towards him, firing his revolver, when it flew. The postmaster, EW Minster, was the third person in Bristol who saw the Jersey Devil that morning, flying over the Delaware River. The large bird like a crane, seemed to glow, and came close enough to allow Minster appreciate several details: His head looked like a goat with twisted horns, and its long thick neck was projected forward menacingly . It had long thin wings, the legs were short, being shorter than the previous post. Again released their awful cry, wail and whistle mix. The next morning the residents of Bristol found the tracks of the Jersey Devil in the snow looked like a claw.  During the following week, the Jersey Devil seemed to be everywhere, and there was panic in the state. Farmers installed steel traps and hunters followed the tracks. The scene must be very similar to those occurring today when publishing to a certain area have seen the marks of a "yeti", with the resulting chaos of photographers and hunters. But the Jersey Devil seemed indifferent to all this display. On Tuesday 19 January, early in the morning, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Evans of Gloucester City (New Jersey), they saw the monster dance on the roof is your home for 10 minutes. Here is the story of Mr. Evans: "It was about a meter high, was the head of a collie dog and horse face. The neck was long, the wings were about 60 centimeters, and the hind legs were like those of a crane. His horse's hooves. Walked on its hind legs, holding up two short front legs with claws. He did not use the front legs at any time while we watched. I confess that my wife and I were terrified, but I had the courage to open the window and shout, so that the animal spun around, stared at me and flew off. " Other witnesses had mentioned that the skin of an alligator, and some believed that mean plus or minus 1.8 meters in height. The last time he was seen was on Friday 22 January, after which the Jersey Devil disappeared as suddenly as it had arrived. Several explanations were proposed humorous, for example, that it was a "missing link" was also explained as a case of hysteria.
As we approach our day, people who have seen giant birds begin to "identify" as pterodactyls, a trend that may reflect increased public awareness of prehistoric animals. In May 1961, an executive flying in aircraft over the Hudson River Valley saw his side a huge bird wings barely moved. He said it was a "huge bird, larger than an eagle ... looked like a pterodactyl from prehistoric times." In the early sixties, a couple that was circulating at night by car through the forest of Trinity, California, saw something that first identified as a plane in trouble, but then realized that it must be a bird. Flying height of the treetops and seemed to have a wingspan of about 4 meters. The couple could not make out any detail, since only saw the silhouette of the "bird" when he crossed the road in front of him, to a cave in a narrow gorge. They decided it looked like a pterodactyl. In early 1976 began to register information from Texas about mysterious bird-like creatures or prehistoric flying reptiles. The first observation occurred on January 1, in Harlingen, and its actors Jackie Davis (14) and Tracey Lawson (11 years). They saw a "bird" 1.5 meters high, with a "back" of 90 centimeters in width. It was black, with large dark eyes red, his head was bald, his face resembled that of a gorilla, with a peak of 15 centimeters in length. The next day her parents went to investigate and found five traces (each with three fingers) of 20 inches wide and 4 deep. Not a man of 77 kg may have left such deep traces on that hard ground. A week later, on January 7, Alvérico Guajardo was probably the same bird. He had gone outside of his "caravan" to investigate, because something had crashed into the trailer. This was in the city of Brownsville. Turned the lights on his trailer, which lit up "something from another planet." The creature, 1.2 meters long, gazed with their eyes blazing red and the terrified man. Guajardo was able to distinguish black feathers, a peak of about 60 or 80 inches long and the wings of a bat. He left the lights while emitting a horrible shriek. Guajardo finally took refuge in a neighbor's house.
Libby and Deany Ford said the big black bird-faced bat that saw near Brownsville was a Pteranodon (a type of pterodactyl). On 24 February, three high school teachers who were traveling by car on the outskirts of San Antonio also saw a bird identified as a Pteranodon. When hovered over his car, his shadow fell on the road. They felt that would have a wingspan of 4.5 to 6 meters. Ms. Patricia Bryant said it was as big as a Piper Cub and "could see the skeleton of this bird through its skin, feathers or whatever." David Rendon said the "bird" rather than fly, and had planned a huge, sturdy wings like a bat. The more prosaic explanation for these facts is simply that the witnesses were overwhelmed at the sight of a rare bird. However, should we take seriously the identification with a Pteranodon? It is assumed that these flying reptiles were extinct for 64 million years. Fossils of pterosaurs attest to its presence in the area. But could anyone survive? Or (and this is the most fantastic suggestion), is distorted the structure of time? Is it suddenly materialized in the present day animals that lived in ages past?. |
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