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On January 1, 1976 a five-foot tall, bald black bird, with large red eyes, and a six-inch long beak in the center of it's gorilla-like face was seen in the Rio Grande Valley standing with it's wings folded around it's large body. The creature made a loud shrill "eeeee" sound and its wings sound almost bat like when it flew.

Those that have reported seeing the creature say its face is horrifying and that the large red eyes are pure evil. Animal behavior when this bird is around is odd. One family reported that the bird was watching their daughter and her playmate one late afternoon. The girls were terrified as was the family dog, which cowered.  The girls father went to investigate the area where the creature had been and found prints that were 8 inches across squared at the top with 3-toed impressions and 1.5 inches deep in the hard dry dirt. One of the men attempted to gauge the weight of the bird. His weight was 170 pounds and even jumping down hard on the hard dry dirt, he was unable to make even a slight impression.

A second sighting of the bird was made by a motorist on January 7, 1976. The driver was startled by a big bird standing aggressively in the middle of the deserted road with his wings wrapped around his body and whose eyes glared at him.

Based on witness reports, there are many who believe the Big Bird is possibly blue herons or pelicans. Not likely since herons and pelicans do not weigh anywhere near the 170 plus pounds that would have been required to leave the prints mentioned earlier. The big bird could be a new species or a once thought extinct one or perhaps it is a "mothman" creature!
 

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