Big Bird refers to a mysterious creature(s) that was sighted several times in the Rio Grande Valley of deep South Texas during the mid 1970s. The bird was described by witnesses as being five feet tall, having a huge wingspan of up to 12 feet and resembling a "pterodactyl" or giant bird of prey with a long, pointed beak. A series of cattle mutilations in the Rio Grande Valley around the same time were attributed to Big Bird, and on one occasion, ...
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Big Bird refers to a mysterious creature(s) that was sighted several times in the Rio Grande Valley of deep South Texas during the mid 1970s. The bird was described by witnesses as being five feet tall, having a huge wingspan of up to 12 feet and resembling a "pterodactyl" or giant bird of prey with a long, pointed beak. A series of cattle mutilations in the Rio Grande Valley around the same time were attributed to Big Bird, and on one occasion, a local television station aired a segment purporting to show giant foot or claw prints stalking across a rural field near McAllen Texas.
For a short period, a wave of Big Bird hysteria swept the region and attracted some national and even international attention. An alleged attack by Big Bird on an elderly man outside his rural home made the national evening newscasts. Local radio stations played song parodies about the creature, and Johnny Carson joked about the creature on The Tonight Show. Although some local residents called for...
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