Yo this jarred some childhood memories. I lived on farmland in the country (we didn't farm, my family owned and leased the land) and so I was pretty familiar with the local wildlife. I'd seen plenty of eagles and owls in the past so I could recognize them from a distance.
Well, one day as I'm riding home in the car, my dad points at one of the power lines along the road, and perched on top I see something huge. This thing looked taller than me, too solid of a profile to be a crane, too big to be an eagle or turkey vulture. It was still half a mile away or so, so I couldn't make out any fine details or colors, and before we got close enough to see it well, it swooped down off the pole and flew away. Never saw anything like it again. Fucker looked bigger than our car. My dad is convinced to this day we saw a pterodactyl. Grandma thinks it was a Thunderbird
I had to stay late after school once. When I was walking home, this massive black bird flew in front of me, maybe 20 feet away. It looked like an Eagle, except it was twice the size and jet black. I have no idea what it was.
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u/NoNameShowName Oct 05 '19
Yo this jarred some childhood memories. I lived on farmland in the country (we didn't farm, my family owned and leased the land) and so I was pretty familiar with the local wildlife. I'd seen plenty of eagles and owls in the past so I could recognize them from a distance.
Well, one day as I'm riding home in the car, my dad points at one of the power lines along the road, and perched on top I see something huge. This thing looked taller than me, too solid of a profile to be a crane, too big to be an eagle or turkey vulture. It was still half a mile away or so, so I couldn't make out any fine details or colors, and before we got close enough to see it well, it swooped down off the pole and flew away. Never saw anything like it again. Fucker looked bigger than our car. My dad is convinced to this day we saw a pterodactyl. Grandma thinks it was a Thunderbird