[OT] Giant bird spotted off Alaska

[Krug]

http://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/West/10/18/offbeat.alaska.bird.reut/index.html

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.

 

[Krug]

And if that wasn't enough...

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/1979660p-2081808c.html

"I believe this is a possible Dragon Sighting," wrote "Anonoumous." "I believe that it is a Northern Ice Dragon."

 

[Kilmore]

Very interesting. Reminds me of something I found while looking for info on our local Piasa monster.

Thunderbirds over Illinois
http://www.prairieghosts.com/thunderbirds.html

Now, it would take a whole squadron of these varmints to carry me off...

 

[Crothian]

So, am I the only one wanting the follow up story to be this thing carrying off a kid?

 

[Eternalknight]

So, am I the only one wanting the follow up story to be this thing carrying off a kid?

And burning villages?

 

[Horacio]

This is the beginning of the Shadowrun era...

 

[Wicht]

What i found disturbing when I read an article on this a few days ago was the quickness by scientist to dismiss such a bird existing because they had no prior knowledge of a bird that big.

 

[Crothian]

What i found disturbing when I read an article on this a few days ago was the quickness by scientist to dismiss such a bird existing because they had no prior knowledge of a bird that big.

Without actual proof, I can understand this. Eye witness are very unreliable.

 

[DM with a vengence]

I'm with the scienctists on this one. It's almost impossible for anything with wings and muscles to fly after a certain point. The power to rate ratios drop so fast past a certain point, that it would be impossible for anything this big to get airborne.

 

[teitan]

I'm with the scienctists on this one. It's almost impossible for anything with wings and muscles to fly after a certain point. The power to rate ratios drop so fast past a certain point, that it would be impossible for anything this big to get airborne.

The Pteradons and Pterodactyls were easily that big and they could glide and had limited flight capabilities after a half running start.

I do not dismiss anything offhand like this, but am also skeptical to these matters.

Jason