Thunderbird Sighting
There has been a
sighting report of two huge black birds on June 26, 2002. The sighting
reportedly occurred in a mountainous area between the towns of Tunkhannock and
Nicholson, PA in Wyoming County. The primary witness had stepped out on his back
porch at about 9:05 P.M., when his attention was drawn to two huge black birds
which were approaching from the north. His first impression was that they were
Herons, but soon realized that the color was wrong, and "they were huge, much
larger than any bird I have ever seen."
The two huge birds landed at the top of a very tall coniferous tree. The witness
stated that the wingspan appeared to be wider than the branches, just below
where they had landed. The body size was estimated to be about six feet from
head to tail. The witness also mentioned that the legs were not long like a
Heron, or Crane. The oddest feature was the shape of the wings, which according
to the witness "Their wings looked bat like."
The tree where the birds landed, seemed as though it would break from their
weight. The witness yelled for others in the house to come outside to look.
Another family member was able to see the huge black birds as they passed
overhead, and headed for some woods. The witness looked in a bird book, and said
that the closest species that he could find in shape, was a Black Cormorant,
although the size of the birds he saw is out of the range of the Cormorant. The
witness looked at the tree, and checked the size of the branches in the tree
where the odd birds had rested. He estimated that the wingspan would have been
close to 12 feet or somewhat larger.