A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-15 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=BIGBIRD-10-15-02&cat=AN A giant winged creature, like something out of Jurassic Park, has reportedly been sighted several times in Southwest Alaska in recent weeks. Villagers in Togiak and Manokotak say they have seen a huge bird that's much bigger than

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-16 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 12:09 AM 10/16/02, Robert Seeberger wrote: >http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=BIGBIRD-10-15-02&cat=AN > >A giant winged creature, like something out of Jurassic Park, has reportedly >been sighted several times in Southwest Alaska in recent weeks. >Villagers in Togiak and Manokotak say

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 07:04 16-10-2002 -0500, Ronn Blankenship wrote: >>A giant winged creature, like something out of Jurassic Park, has reportedly >>been sighted several times in Southwest Alaska in recent weeks. >>Villagers in Togiak and Manokotak say they have seen a huge bird that's much >>bigger than anything

RE: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-16 Thread Horn, John
> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > OK, dumb question here. There have been several sightings; > everyone in that > corner of the world must know about Bigbird by now. So why > are there no > PICTURES? I would expect that by after the first one or two > sightings, > nobo

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-16 Thread Julia Thompson
"Horn, John" wrote: > > > From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > OK, dumb question here. There have been several sightings; > > everyone in that > > corner of the world must know about Bigbird by now. So why > > are there no > > PICTURES? I would expect that by after the first

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:07 16-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > OK, dumb question here. There have been several sightings; everyone > > > in that corner of the world must know about Bigbird by now. So why > > > are there no PICTURES? I would expect that by after the first one or > > > two sightings, nobod

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-16 Thread Julia Thompson
"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > At 15:07 16-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > OK, dumb question here. There have been several sightings; everyone > > > > in that corner of the world must know about Bigbird by now. So why > > > > are there no PICTURES? I would expect that by after the

RE: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-16 Thread marti . mikalsky
Are you talking about Bigbird from Sesame Street? because its easy to get his picture. (hey I'm from Canada --which is in the general vicinity of Alaska-- and I haven't heard anything about a Bigbird). mm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listin

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia wrote: > I wonder how a bird as big as some of the larger > estimates would do against a wolf? I read somewhere (too long ago to have _any_ idea where) that people in the Eurasian steppes (can't remember if it was Hun- or Mongol- types) used to hunt wolves with golden eagles: the eagle

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Deborah wrote: > I read somewhere (too long ago to have _any_ idea > where) that people in the Eurasian steppes (can't > remember if it was Hun- or Mongol- types) used to > hunt wolves with golden eagles: the eagles' > talon-pressure > generates some ridiculous pounds-per-square-inch > (sorry