ETHREADZNY Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Paper: Massive bird spotted in Alaska 'He's huge, he's huge, he's really, really big' Friday, October 18, 2002 Posted: 10:26 AM EDT (1426 GMT) [birds with large wingspans are fairly common, but only Steller's eagles, at bottom, near the mystery bird's size.] Birds with large wingspans are fairly common, but only Steller's eagles, at bottom, near the mystery bird's size. Story Tools [save a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.com] [save a link to this article and return to it at www.savethis.com] [Printer-friendly version of this article] [Printer-friendly version of this article] [View a list of the most popular articles on our site] [View a list of the most popular articles on our site] RELATED ? Anchorage Daily News [external link] ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -- A bird the size of a small airplane was recently said to be seen flying over southwest Alaska, puzzling scientists, the Anchorage Daily News reported this week. The newspaper quoted residents in the villages of Togiak and Manokotak as saying the creature, like something out of the movie "Jurassic Park," had a wingspan of 14 feet (4.6 meters) -- making it the size of a small airplane. "At first I thought it was one of those old-time Otter planes," the paper quoted Moses Coupchiak, 43, a heavy equipment operator from Togiak, as saying. "Instead of continuing toward me, it banked to the left, and that's when I noticed it wasn't a plane." The Daily News, the largest daily in Alaska, said scientists had no doubt that people in the region, west of Dillingham, had seen the winged creature but they were skeptical about its reported size. "I'm certainly not aware of anything with a 14-foot wingspan that's been alive for the last 100,000 years," the paper quoted raptor specialist Phil Schemf as saying. Coupchiak said the bird disappeared over the hill and he then radioed Togiak residents to tell them to keep their children in. Another local resident, a pilot who had initially dismissed the reports, said he recently saw the bird from a distance of just 1,000 feet (300 meters) while flying his airplane. "The people in the plane saw him," John Bouker was quoted as saying. "He's huge, he's huge, he's really, really big. You wouldn't want to have your children out." Schemf and Rob Macdonald of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said there had been several sightings over the past year and a half of a Steller's eagle, a fish-eating bird that can weigh 20 pounds (10 kg) and have a wingspan of eight feet (2.60 meters), the newspaper reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbian bum Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 Thats awsome, post the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el barto Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 i want pictures, damnit. mayeb its a huge flying kitty???im hoping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest willy.wonka Posted October 20, 2002 Share Posted October 20, 2002 yeah without pics..any mystical land animal that hasnt been discovered is bullshit. unless its a condor or some shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETHREADZNY Posted October 21, 2002 Author Share Posted October 21, 2002 here's the link hopefully it works... http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/West/10/18/offb...reut/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest -MOE LESTER- Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 thats my nigga larry bird holding shit down..he mop yo ass son! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
destroya Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 the pterodactyls are coming to take our babies. their appetite for young human flesh is insatiable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluntedMonky Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 it probably froze billions of years ago and not in miricaly unfroze........and its pissed at someone oh yea its pissed.......look behind u ahhhhhhhhhhh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intangible Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 Originally posted by -MOE LESTER- thats my nigga larry bird holding shit down..he mop yo ass son! :lol: wow this came off CNN....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa Claus Posted October 21, 2002 Share Posted October 21, 2002 moses coupchiak, the dude that saw it, is my aunts brother. never met either him or my aunt, but my mom sure got a kick out of that shit when she read it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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