Friday, September 30, 2011

Mad White dog.

I was recently chatting to a new good friend and she asked my birthdate. for me while I like Astrology , I always temper it as all with the Missouri slogan SHOW ME. Mainly because I see most horoscopes even mental readings as a chance to have smoke blown up your butt. Mostly its to tell you what you want to know about yourself. A lot of times especially when they give out the characteristics it's done to stroke the ego, And I apologize for my language ,As far as the future of course we already know that so mostly I look at it as a curiosity .

To many times the reading is designed to make you feel good about the person you already see only deep inside you or more to point the person you think you really are. I do think it can be useful for timing if your looking to do something bold or new , find a time when the stars are not against you.

trouble with me of course is for maybe ten or more years my my readings always said wait till next year. Up until my last reading I supposedly am now in my house. And guess what I will be for oh like the next year an maybe a half. Go figure, but I always thought just when things get good for me , thats when I die/move on whatever. I'm just that kind of guy, and it fits the profile of a true doomer.

I wont get into my last reading because I don't like to brag, plus what on the planet do I have to brag about. Not to mention I'm still pretty sure I am human and as such we tend to focus on the things we want to hear filtering to forgetting what doesn't fit our imagined profile of ourselves,

I've had enough readings of my sign and even done my numbers 1 5 9 , freaky enough these are not only my birthday numbers they also pop up in my name. Nice coincidences an once again it must be nice that I am almost always a one or a nine, I mean what else would I be? I only mention it because one and nine or kind of like alpha and omega first and last.

As I started I gave this nice person my birthdate , course if she wasn't nice no way , I'm also Scorpio and as my last reading told me I'm addicted to secrets. Thats why after seven years on this site , nobody knows my first name , or at least you didn't get it from me. And its not personal , and its not fear, its just the way I like it, and it doesn't really matter. I Yam what I yam. and thats all that I yam . thanks Popeye.

So she chats me that I am a white overtone Dog. I've been called a lot of things, more like dog breath, and while I'm live and let live I in no way would want to be a dog, I mean if thats my fate so be it. Or as I chatted back "In their ear" ' She sent me a link on my doggness and I was pleasantly surprised she had given me a Maya horoscope reading . I'm going to paste it here because I have few comments to make on it , not because I'm proud of it, because as you can read I no longer can do pride.

White Dog is your Conscious Self - who you are and who you are becoming.

One of the gifts of White Dog is the calling in and recognition of other companions of destiny. Other beings with the same longing are waiting to meet and acknowledge you - beings who can see you as you authrentically are. When you have truly been seen, you feel empowered, and remembrance of a shared sacred trust is ignited. This is a natural process, divinely designed for recognition through vibrational affinity, freed from personal expectations.

White Dog can be seen as an access point for developing relationships with guides, totems, allies and guardians. There are many ways to work with these spiritual guides, including guided visualizations, shamanic journeys, and meditation. A useful construct is viewing them as aspects of yourself, part of your life stream that is asking to be integrated. Remember, there is no 'other'. In this grand adventure, you are being asked to embody all that you are.
Profound insights are garnered through shared purpose and relationship with others who are willing to be in their truth and integrity about the light and shadow aspects they perceive in themselves.

Similarly, intimate relationships can be viewed as unique opportunities to bring forward in each other deep emotional patterns to be transformed. In this case, those you have drawn to you hold the ability to assist you in your own integration as well. There are no mistakes. Be willing to look deeply into the truth held within any relationship. The expression of intimacy is a gift of love; the lack of it may be a symptom asking for honest communication and healing. It may also be guiding you to reevaluate your relationship and the purpose it is serving.

White Dog signals a breakthrough in your life: new beginnings, new perceptions, new allies and friends. As you express more authentically who you are, you draw your true family closer to you.With your guides and companions, you have the ability to manifest your inspired visions and dreams. Recognize the eyes and hearts that spark the remembrance of a sacred trust.

The harmonic wisdom of White Dog is affinity, the attraction of like vibration or substances for one another. Spiritual affinity is not limited to family kinship - it is part of the natural affinity between companions of destiny. Such companions of are drawn together by the same aligned force that draws iron filings to a magnet. Companions of destiny are drawn togther to do work that is naturally harmonious.

On the surface at times, it may seem that you have little in common with these companions, yet the attraction remains. This is because Essence Selves are often committed to work together long before they meet in the physical world. This is a natural process of affinity, rather than a process motivated from personal desire. Follow this guidance into your unfoldment within the larger pattern.

White Mirror is your Higher Self & Guide.

White Mirror represents the Hall of Mirrors, where you can face your own reflection and see the truth about yourself. As a mirror, White Mirror merely reflects what is, whether truth, beauty or illusion. Here you can face unfinished business, the dissonance of difficulties, or charged issues that would keep you from the full expression of your Divinity. Become aware of any illusions or distortions within yourself; your clarity of perception will transform them. Take a moment to see yourself as you actually are, shadow and all, freed from the maze of mental illusion.

Sometimes you may find yourself reacting rather than freely responding to a situation or person. If you have charged reactions such as frustration, anger, fear, judgement or jealousy, look at how you might be projecting these issues onto someone else. The world is the mirror for you to truly see. Any strong reaction to a person or event signals an issue to work on in yourself. Be willing to examine and utilize what you see in your mirrors, in order to transform dysfunctional belief systems, negative thoughtforms, and fixed patterns.

In the Hall of Mirrors there is no good or bad, no right or wrong - there is only the reflection of what is. As you learn to see yourself, you begin to see your emotional reactions as signs indicating where to focus your awareness for growth.

On this quest, come prepared to face White Mirror's sword of truth and purification. The wisdom of this sword penetrates, exposes, and ultimately heals your illusions. Discrimination is tempered with love cleanly cuts away everything that does not serve your evolution. To the Maya, White Mirror is the flint that hones your sword.

The greatest gift of the sword is the power of forgiveness. A profound freedom emerges from forgiveness, the releasing of the illusion of cause and effect. Use the great gifts offered in this blad of truth and light to forgive and release anything you may judge or see as imperfect.

You are already an Enlightened Being!

*White Mirror's are able to clearly reflect others back to themselves once their own mirror is clear.*


Blue Monkey is your Subconscious Self and Hidden Helper.


Blue Monkey represents the Divine Child, the child that is ever in a state of open-hearted wisdom, innocence, trust, simplicity and joyful wonder. What would it feel like to actually BE a magical child in this culture and time? The secret that very few know - because they may feel more comfortable trying to protect themselves - is that the divine child offers the strongest of all protections, the invulnerability of openhearted Love. Through innocence, a kind of immunity is created that allows the divine child to be TRANSPARENT so that the apparent 'slings and arrows' of the world can pass right through without being personalized into wounds, reactions or hurt feelings. This is the path of innocence regained. Transparency is the path of the new consciousness.

Look deeply into the eyes of a happy two year old. There you will see the innocent trust, openheartedness, and spontaneous joy that typifies the divine child. Imagine yourself as an enlightened two-year old, in a state of ecstatic communion and delight. In childhood, you didn't have to remember to be playful - you could easily and fluidly express your emotions. You didn't have to understand whys and wherefores - you knew with your heart. This if your natural state of being, the state of ecstasy, the path of revealed innocence.

In Western culture, many people have a distorted understanding about what it is to be a human being. We are often taught that sucessful adults are responsible, serious, rigid, controlled and goal oriented. In your journey with society, your developmental stages may have been incomplete. The natural sensitivity, fluidity, and freedom of the child may have been left behind in partial passage. Perhaps your inner child was wounded or treated insensitively, and you carried this unresolved process into adulthood. Blue Monkey encourages you to bring forth this incomplete or wounded part for integration and healing.

In this New Myth, your spontaneous, divine child will usher in and anchor the new frequency. How can you heal your inner child? Explore what truly gives you joy. Find types of work that support your sensitivity and create deep satisfaction. Be simple: love, play, dance, draw, colour, sing. These activities are for all divine children - they serve the expression of the magical child in everyone. Consciously make time for the joyful freedom and magic of play!

The number for Blue Monkey is eleven, the vibration wherein novelty and spontaneity break down resistant forms. When unity merges with Essence Self, a mystical foundation is created that disintegrates old patterns. This is actually integration in disguide. As your walls tumble down, they crack into a smile, and the illumination of self shines through.

Yellow Sun represents your Challenge and Gift. With maturity and awareness this challenge will turn into a Focus. This is what you desire to learn in this lifetime.

In the shadow of Yellow Sun, you may be unaware of or feel disconnected from your own true nature. Thus, the light of Yellow Sun reflects your shadow's potential. On this journey, you are being offered release from all past identities, lifetimes, and karma. This process retrieves any separated parts of self, restoring all potential into the union of wholeness. By facing and integrating your shadows, you can free yourself into the greater constellation of being.

The shadow of Yellow Sun also reflects your limiting views of self in relation to your concept of God. It is important to remember that ow you see divinity is how you see yourself! If you do not see yourself as an integral part of the Divine you are functioning in the shadow of Yellow Sun.

Another shadow of Yellow Sun is conditional love, which is really part of the process of learning how to express unconditional love. Conditionality often implies fear, separation, and issues of self worth. Unconditionality expresses without judgement, limitation or expectation. Unconditional love is your original state of being, that which you naturally are.

You are the model of what it means to be fully human. In Yellow Sun's shadow are the ideals of society. Look at your personal ideals. You are being asked to release them and to embody the limitless principles of the light. As you become a model of loving acceptance, shadow and light embrace as one, and the world is lifted. You become the new myth emerging. Through the embodiment of unconditional love, one person at a time, the new world is born.

As you express unconditional love, you become more than you previously perceived yourself to be. You become illumined, the full manifestation of your divinity. In the embrace of your humanity, accept yourself and others unconditionally. Magnify your full presence. Yellow Sun will come in myriad forms to assist you. Be limitless. Accept and understand the nature of judgement, fear, light and dark within yourself and others. Love and accept yourself and others as you are, freed from previous boundaries. You are the dawning of the solar age.


Red Moon is your Compliment - something that comes naturally to you.

Red Moon is the cosmic seed of awakened awareness. Consume it like a fruit, and let it blossom within you. You are on the quest of self-remembrance, of Godseed. If you work with the energy of Red Moon with clear awareness and attention, an awakened state of remembrance will naturally blossom within you. Remembrance means having direct access to your expanded presence through an intrinsic perception of unity. Remembrance is your recognition of the larger pattern and your connection to it, often facilitated through dreams, art, music, colors and creative pursuits. With focused attention, meditate on Red Moon and you will receive help with self-remembrance.

Red Moon is also a beacon or transmitting station. As you open to self-remembrance, you become a beacon and receiver for cosmic consciousness. This communication creates the gradual opening of the third eye, the eye within the mononlith of self. As this eye opens and your communication becomes more refined, you will notice more signs, signals and understanding coming to you. These are all for your growth and evolution - a feedback system from which you can gain insight about your journey.

The number for Red Moon is 9, which symbolizes the recurrence of great cycles. An example of such recurrence is the periodic return of master teachers to help awaken human beings on Earth. Nine is the number of Quetzalcoatl, buddha, and Christ. Red Moon is a symbol for great teachers who have come to translate univeresal wisdom to humanity, to embody the awakened state of consciousness that is accessible to all. Such teachers serve as a connection to the Divine and hold the promise of full self-mastery.

Take off the veil of forgetfulness. Become the beacon of awakened awareness. As you open to self-remembrance, you will freely receive divine guidance. Be with others who support your fullest expression.

Your Tone is Tone 5 - Overtone

Core purpose, central intent, foundation, place of centeredness, simplicity, acceptance of your humanness.

Five is the ray of center, the first bar, the foundation of humanity in the individual self. Step into the center of your crystalline core. What do you find there? What is your foundation, your core purpose, your central intent, your individual vision? Use this vision as an access to the truth at your stellar core. See yourself as an ever-expanding hub of truth and light.

You are the center of your own universe! Remember that there is great wisdom to be found within the human form. In genuine acceptance of your humanness, you find your foundation in individual self. Turn inward and bring more light into your form. Discover the foundation of your sacred center. In meditation, receive the serenity of the unis mundi, the place of perfect centeredness. In letting go of who you think you are, you become who you actually are. Be simple. You are always sitting in the center. You are the Zen master, centered in beginner's mind.

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These excerpts were taken from the book, "The Mayan Oracle - Return Path to the Stars" by Ariel Spilsbury & Michael Bryner - Click here to email Ariel and purchase a signed copy!

I really like this one I mean unless I'm mistaken it says I'm an enlightened being, and it's getting bigger, I dont know hpw many white dogs there are but somewhere between telling me how good looking I am it says that I will sit next to Bhudda someday. Because thats the god I'd rather hang with it's but it's no big deal. In fact it's all no big deal.

Whats really sad is yes I've always known this, That I am the center of the universe, because we all are. Often when I say that people say you must really think your special; and uhm center of the universe, hard to argue that I don't. I might of read it somewhere , I dont think it actually came from any religious source , but I believe that all life is unique, its a math thing , but we are the sum of our reactions to experience,. No one could have the exact same experiences , and come up with the same reactions , so by making decisions we develop a persona, unique to our situations. Though I'm sure theres plenty of similar lifetimes nobody could of had the same life as I have. And nobody will ever have it again. I am unique although life has been going in circles forever , and probably will go on I am the One and Only. And so are you. So is every life. Therefore their is a sacred quality to all life.

In the shadow of Yellow Sun, you may be unaware of or feel disconnected from your own true nature. Thus, the light of Yellow Sun reflects your shadow's potential. On this journey, you are being offered release from all past identities, lifetimes, and karma. This process retrieves any separated parts of self, restoring all potential into the union of wholeness. By facing and integrating your shadows, you can free yourself into the greater constellation of being.

Now this I like see because funny as it is , and it is funny I always felt like I should be a holy man, I shot for the ranking of Bohdistafa one who points others into the light. I know full of it but once you have been enlightened what else is there but to help others find it. sad part is it takes many lifes to get to this point, and even though I knew it was who I was supposed to be , I gave it up because in this life I am not worthy , I've made to many mistakes, my life sucks, mostly especially if you consider what we were raised to believe a good life is, you know get a job get a spouse raise grandkids retire and die. ? that is a nice life, It was never my life but if I was to recommend one I'd say under usual circumstances its not bad at all.

I did none of that because I never wanted that, and I'm a jerk that no woman(Maybe Yaddle)would want once she gets to know me. But thats another story and as an Enlightened being it doesn't matter who I am, in fact the more enlightened you get the more you realize things just don't matter.

I'm talking now as a white dog , even though my ancestors would shudder at the words. If I am an enlightened being there's a duty involved I should be out there wising the peops up. then there's W.C. Fields rule's, one of them being never smarten up a chump.

I'm still coming to grips with my new found enlightenment , it's hard to keep from getting a swelled head now that I know it all. Think about it a seat with the gods or god I must really be something? I told one of my friends about this and to give him an example this kind of ranks me like an apostle, at least a prophet.

whats funny is that as an enlightened being one of the first things to go is ego. So if I'm proud of my new status I lose it.

There are other things good things you lose and good things to be gained so I'm not knocking the gift, and it is a gift , I didnt pick where or when I was born , and if I had I probably wouldn't of picked this one, I was going to make the point of the paragraph I pasted it says that I basically become a new person , which will still be me. The good point is that all the baggage from my past even past lives are all forgotten I mean good grief I never have hoped for salvation I always thought it was and should be a matter of works and deeds, a balancing of your life , yes the scale thing. Nobody was ever perfect its your balance of life in the end who you became. I'm not going to turn this new chance down because I know my life I can use whatever help I can get , and I've had plenty.

In fact theres something thats been there my whole life protecting me I never truly understood it as in why me but I've seen it too many times that I know it's beyond just "butter side up luck". You can barely see it but theres a scar from a whole I put in my face , when I fell on an arrow as a kid. I look at it its maybe two inches from my right eye. I mean it was bad that I ran and fell holding an arrow but if I had to have a new hole in the face they picked a safe spot. Stranger still I had only one dimple so the arrow balanced me out.

I think this will have to get into a second post because If I am enlightened theres somethings I can tell you that might make your time better. The first thing is making Peace with you maker. Annunaniki aside if you choose to look for god , look around you first. discover the miracle of life , which is that we exist at all. The best place to find him/her/they is to look inside yourself. Find the part of yourself that is God. Our physical selfs might have evolved or been engineered but the life force that is us has always been, You are GOD.

Peace till next time, the talking White dog.

I posted that on another site thought I'd drop it here as well. That was like a week or so ago. Still looking for the pros and cons of being the new and improved me, I think improving me is a lot more fit. I mean if I get this right the enlightening is the easy part, I still haven't really put it to the test or gotten some use out of being a White dog.

The Pro so far is one the knowing that you know part. I like that before I only thought I knew. The con is not really sure what I know except that I have a great peace.
The pro peace of mind, and I think my aura is growing and there is a light that shines from me. the con is I haven't seen a whole lot response what I'm looking for is to brighten someones day.

Just a little. What else am I here for? It would be easy to just take care of me in the short term I have never cared about the long term anyway. As I understand it I have something to do in the future that I have to do. I don't think in the negative and I don't want to overplay my importance. It could be that I have as small a part as to point someone in just the right direction, or even influence someone who then plays out the role demanded by fate to cause a change in the future. Sadly it could be like the guy who critiqued Adolf Hitlers painting, of course turning him into a politician. Thats scary I mean if people would of bought his art the PTB would of had to of made somebody else the bad guy. Not that the fates didn't pick the right man for the job.

What has to be scary for me is "Monkey See Monkey Do". So if I'm to make a glancing blow on the future I want to give it a good bounce. If I influence some future somebody I hope its the right way. I hope its obvious like I get "A Sign:" but if it was that easy they wouldn't need an enlightened being. This is really full of myself but in the KJVII John the Baptist was the one who gave Jesus Christ his legitimacy. For good or bad . I mean talk about a fated meeting according to the bible that is John the Baptist was the expert at the time. The peoples asked him what he thought of Jesus who was also semi competition. Of course if he would of said you have no talent I think you should be a politician we'd never have heard the story.

According to accepted Christianity That was John's job. He was after all considered an enlightened being who two lines after him proclaiming that Jesus was the son of god his head ends up on a dinner plate. I can do that everybody's got to go sometime. Its like a double edged sword right now they need me so I'm protected , once I do my fate then I'm on my own, and probably expendable.

If that's my fate a part I play my only worry is that I hit my mark and say the right lines. One of my favorite movie lines is from Moby Dick " you and I have rehearsed this scene since before time began. " I look at it this way around this scene I play there is a whole life. This enlightenment is mine to give it may make me feel special but until I find an acceptable way to share it in a useful way it's not complete. Or I should say I don't want to waste it.

Next up is what do I set up a religion, I am a holy man I think I have that rank. As I told some friends/ customer if you know anybody that need their souls worked on I can do that now. Like I told my dad yeah another skill I have that will never make a dime. It's alright though I wouldn't know what to charge anyway.

I think I'll pass on the religion way to may ways to get it wrong. And whatever I do it better not be wrong . Peace B


Sunday, September 11, 2011

Piasa Bird talk part 2

I decide to write on what is called white mans conceit. Also known as the victor writes the history. As we know spin has always existed. Two of my favorites being the Crusades because the story is so different depending on which side you read, and Alexander the Great known as Alexander the terrible in most of the countries he invaded conquering the world.

The reason it fits the Piasa is its important to know who's telling the story.

When a local chief, Ouatoga, whose fame as a great warrior extended far beyond the region, separated himself from the rest of his tribe, fasted in solitude for the space of a full moon, and prayed to the Great Spirit to protect his people from the Piasa. On the last night of his fast, the Great Spirit appeared to the chief in a dream,

This is I guess artistic license , but what it really gets down to is that Ilini couldn't of figured it out or accomplished such a great deed without the Great Spirit helping out. In this speak , the whole many moons ago is pretty much Hollywood via dime novel speak.

What this is is code because the great spirit is Yahweh in disguise. Or maybe Jesus from when he was a Mormon.

Which is another great local story Joseph Smith was around Missouri for awhile. In other words it says two things one it diminishes Oatagwa and the Illiniwek because they didn't think up and enact this great plan, god did, and two live right dont make god mad or he will send Piasa birds at you.

Its also not what we locals consider the real story. Maybe its because of its simplicity and beauty its far better than the Official tail. That said most of the points are the same . A major difference is in the beginning of the story , where the difference lies is in the local story That a piasa was getting old and it was getting harder to kill the deer that it had lived on for years, it started attacking humans mostly carrying away children and killing old people , easier game than the deer no antlers. a council of local chiefs in the area got together and Oatagwa basically volunteered , to deal with the Piasa .

Whats different is right from the start A piasa bird not The Piasa bird. And it wasn't out destroying villages it was eating people that were easy targets. Like a man-eating tiger , most get to old to hunt their usual prey and hunt humans because they are much easier prey. It was said to attack mostly when people were alone , children would of been easy meals.

I've often wondered if this wasn't a dragon story copied and changed to fit the painting, . If so then brave sir Oatagwa hid men all around the brush of the area and dressed as an old woman and walked through the trap until he caught the eye of the Piasa. We think that's kind of important I don't know why its a big deal but because it makes sense that's what the bird ate.

The end of the local story is covered in some of the legends , but they basically painted the Piasa both as a testament to the great deed, also as I've said as a warning to travelers. They didnt kill all the piasa just the one . Whats strange is that the earliest explorers saw two birds.

Considering theirs no real way of knowing or ever would of been of proving the story , as the bird died it rolled into the river and was catfish food.

At this point I googled the thunderbird story

http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheOriginoftheThunderbird... Definitely not the Piasa but the end of the story caught my eye .

The lone Indian could not reach his home because the huge enemy bird, Wochowsen, at that time made such a damaging wind. Thunderbird is an Indian and he or his lightning would never harm another Indian. But Wochowsen, great bird from the south, tried hard to rival Thunderbird. So Passamaquoddies feared Wochowsen, whose wings Glooscap once had broken, because he used too much power.

A result was that for a long time air became stagnant, the sea was full of slime, and all of the fish died. But Glooscap saw what was happening to his people and repaired the wings of Wochowsen to the extent of controlling and alternating strong winds with calm.

Legend tells us this is how the new Passamaquoddy thunderbird, the lone Indian who passed through the cleft, in time became the great and powerful Thunderbird, who always has kept a watchful eye upon the good Indians. Cleft in Time was interesting.

Now this I will have to check out myself

http://sped2work.tripod.com/giantbird.html

In the last few years there have been several reports of sightings of very large birds with wingspans over 20 feet. It has been estimated that a bird of this size would be capable of lifting a young buffalo calf or small child off the ground. Any bird this large would need a large thermal updraft to help hold it aloft in any long flight. There is almost always a large thermal updraft in front of a moving storm. This would of course give the impression that these large birds, Thunderbirds, were bringing the storm with them. Hence the name Thunderbird. This could be a Piasa , ? I certainly though condor,


This site has lots of articles on Giant birds .

http://sped2work.tripod.com/evidence.html
American Indian lore is filled with stories of strange, monster birds with enormous wingspans and the propensity to carry away human victims. They called these creatures "Thunderbirds" because the Legend of the Giant Bird claimed that their flapping wings made a sound like rolling thunder. The birds have been described as having wingspans of 20 to 40 feet or more; hooked talons; razor-sharp beaks; and sometimes descriptions which seem oddly close to Quetzalcoatlus, one of the pterodactyls of prehistoric times.

But not all of these stories and accounts date back to the times of the early Americans. Most of them come from times that are not so long ago.... and are disturbingly close to home.

One modern day "flap" of Thunderbird sightings began in April 1948, according to Loren Coleman in his book, CURIOUS ENCOUNTERS. On April 4, a former Army Colonel named Walter F. Siegmund revealed that he had seen a gigantic bird in the sky above Alton. He had been talking with a local farmer and Colonel Ralph Jackson, the head of the Western Military Academy, at the time. "I thought there was something wrong with my eyesight," he said, "but it was definitely a bird and not a glider or a jet plane. It appeared to be flying northeast... from the movements of the object and its size, I figured it could only be a bird of tremendous size."

A few days later, a farmer named Robert Price from Caledonia would see the same, or a similar, bird. He called it a "monster bird... bigger than an airplane". On April 10, another sighting would take place and this time in Overland. A huge bird was spotted by Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith and Les Bacon. They said they thought the creature was an airplane until it started to flap its wings furiously.

On April 24, the bird was back in Alton. It was sighted by EM Coleman and his son, James. "It was an enormous, incredible thing with a body that looked like a naval torpedo," Coleman recalled later. "It was flying at about 500 feet and cast a shadow the same size as a Piper Cub at that height."

Then, on May 5, the bird was sighted for the last time in Alton. A man named Arthur Davidson called the police that evening to report the bird flying above the city. Later on that same night, Mrs. William Stallings of St. Louis informed the authorities that she had also seen it. "It was bright, about as big as a house," she said. A number of sightings then followed in the St. Louis are, but ironically, just when the public excitement over the bird reached its peak, the sightings came to an end.

Sightings of strange birds have not ended in Illinois and in fact continue today. One of the most exciting, and frightening, Illinois encounters occurred in 1977 in Lawndale, a small town in Logan County. On the evening of July 25, two giant birds appeared in the sky above Lawndale. The birds were reported several times as they circled and swooped in the sky. Finally, they headed straight down and reportedly attacked three boys who were playing in the backyard of Ruth and Jake Lowe. One of the birds grasped the shirt of ten-year-old Marlon Lowe, snagging its talons into the cloth. The boy tried in vain to fight the bird off then cried loudly for help.

The boy’s cries brought Marlon’s mother running outside. She later reported that she had seen the bird actually lift the boy from the ground and into the air. She screamed loudly and the bird released the child. It had carried him, at a height of about three feet, for a distance of about forty feet. She was sure that if she had not come outside, the bird had been capable of carrying the boy away. Luckily, although scratched and badly frightened, Marlon was not seriously injured.

Four other adults appeared on the scene within seconds of the attack. They described the birds as being black in color, with bands of white around their necks. They had long, curved beaks and a wingspan of at least 10 feet. The two birds were last seen flying toward some trees near Kickapoo Creek.

Thats what I have seen including the white band. This is the Lawnvale incedent.

July 25, 1977 Lawndale Illinois it was around 8:30 p.m. when Marlon Lowe a 10 year old boy was running for his life. He was playing with two friends in his family back yard when suddenly out of no where two huge black birds came out of the sky and began pursuing one of Marlons friends Travis Goodwin happily, Travis managed to escape by jumping into the swimming pool. Then the two switched there attention to Marlon. Marlon ran away as fast as he could but it was not fast enough. As he w as running he felt the talons of one of the birds grip the shoulder straps of his sleeveless shirt. Next the boy weighing 65 lb. was lifted of the ground 10 ft. Screaming and shouting at the top of his lungs as the bird easily carried him 40 ft. through the air from the back yard to the front yard. His parents Ruth and Jake Lowe heard the screaming and ran out side so did two family friends working near by Ruth was the first to see this horrific sight that would froze her blood. There her son was being abducted by a huge black bird resembling a Condor, punching up at its legs with all his might as his feathered kidnapper carried him aloft. Seconds later however, one of his punches must have hit home, because the bird suddenly opened his talons and dropped him to the ground before souring away with its mate. The four adults ran to the boy and discovered to there relief that except for a frayed shirt where the bird had grabbed him Marlon was physically ok. This is just one of the many bizarre accounts on file featuring encounters in North America with giant birds. Birds that should be impossible but yet seem to exist. In the case of Marlon Lowe he and his parents said the bird most closely resembled a Andean Condor, a black vulture like species with a wing span up to 10 ft. this species however is not native to North America. There is however a smaller version called the California condor which was once widely distributed across North America but by 1977 was virtually extinct in either case the structure of the condors feet in incapable of lifting and transporting anything as heavy as a ten year old boy.

Notice they talk about condors not being big enough to carry a ten year old boy. There's a lot to do with weight verses wing span , but about the biggest thing an eagle carries is a duck. up to about a three pound fish maybe a short distance.

Three days later, a McLean County farmer spotted a bird of the same size and description flying over his farm. He, his wife, and several friends were watching radio-controlled airplanes when the bird flew close to the models. He claimed the bird had a wingspan of again, at least 10 feet across. It dwarfed the small planes that buzzed close to it.

The next sighting took place near Bloomington when a mail truck driver named James Majors spotted the two birds. He was driving from Armington to Delevan when she saw them alongside of the highway. One of the birds dropped down into a field and snatched up a small animal. He believed the two birds were probably condors, but with 8 to 10 foot wingspans!

On July 28, Lisa Montgomery of Tremont was washing her car when she looked up and saw a giant bird crossing the sky overhead.

At 2:00 AM on Saturday, July 30, Dennis Turner and several friends from Downs reported a monstrous bird perched on a telephone pole. Turner claimed that the bird dropped something near the base of the pole. When police officers investigated the sighting, they found a huge rat near the spot.

Reports of giant birds continued to come in from Bloomington and the north central Illinois area, then finally further south, from Decatur to Macon and Sullivan. On July 30, the same day the birds were reported near Bloomington, a writer and construction worker named "Texas John Huffer" filmed two large birds while fishing at Lake Shelbyville. Huffer was a resident of Tuscola and was spending the day with his son when they both spotted the birds roosting in a tree. Huffer frightened the birds with his boat horn and when they took flight, he managed to shoot over 100 feet of film. He sold a portion of the footage to a television station in Champaign for a newscast. Huffer said that the largest bird had a wingspan of over 12 feet.



After the footage aired, experts were quick to dismiss Huffer’s claims, along with the reports of everyone else who reported the birds. Officials from the Department of Conservation insisted the birds were "merely" Turkey Vultures of the species cathartes aura. Not surprisingly, these claims were also refuted by wildlife experts and cryptozoologists who stated that no turkey vultures were of the size reported by witnesses. The largest flying bird in North America is the California Condor, which has a wingspread of up to 9 feet. The Condor is also on the endangered species list and is restricted to a few areas in California. There is little chance that a few stray birds traveled to Illinois to attack small children!

Another tale, related by Loren Coleman, involved the killing of a giant bird in December 1977. Strangely, this event also took place near Lawndale. Apparently a woman was on her way to work one morning when she saw something that looked like "a man standing in the road with something over its arms". The woman collapsed and was hospitalized, but later recovered. A group of men, after hearing this report, went to the spot, killed a large bird and then burned the body. The story was kept under wraps for some time for fear of ridicule.



So, what are these creatures? Some cryptozoological researchers like Loren Coleman believe that these thunderbirds may be Teratorns, a supposedly extinct bird that once roamed North and South America. If these prehistoric survivors are still around today, they could certainly account for the reports of the giant birds.

At this point, such creatures remain a mystery but one thing is sure, the sightings have continued over the years and occasionally an unusual report still trickles in from Central Illinois. So keep that in mind the next time that you are standing in an open field and a large, dark shadow suddenly fills the sky overhead. Was that just a cloud passing in front of the sun... or something else??


I hope this guy doesnt mind me pasting his stuff , its filled with very good reporting and links. I researched all these stories I think he missed one where the two giants showed up at a high school football game. This next link takes you to his article on giant birds.

http://the-wanderling.com/giantbirds2.html



Giant birds of prey, the Argentinian Teratorn (argentavis magnificens), as large as a man weighing 170 - 200 lbs but with wingspans of over twenty-five feet and individual wing feather lengths as long as five feet, flew within recorded history. A twenty-five foot plus wing size would limit such a bird to more open areas such as the South American pampas or the North American great plains --- i.e., Thunderbirds --- as maneuverability around trees and shrubs would seem difficult. Feather size is estimated to have been 1.5 meters long (60 inches); and 20 centimeters wide (8 inches), similar in size to the feather from the desert southwest described in The Boy and the Giant Feather. It is not presently known if this Teratorn actively flew by flapping its wings or if it mostly soared as do present-day condors. See Evidence of the Giant Birds.

No strong proof or confirming evidence indicates anything much larger than 30 lbs or so flies anymore, and those creatures that do, albatrosses and a few of the largest condors and eagles, are marginal. No known present day flying creature has EVOLVED into anything like former sizes, and the one or two birds which have retained huge sizes have forfeited any ability of flight, their wings becoming vestigial.

A book of interest is Adrian Desmond's "The Hot Blooded Dinosaurs." Desmond has a good deal to say about the pteranodon, the 40 - 50 lb pterosaur which scientists used to believe was the largest creature which ever flew:

I will do some more research into the mystical side of the Piasa bird.

Peace B.

in the 1800s locals talked constantly about the sightings of pterosaurs.

And a picture circulated the country in 1890 out of Tombstone, Ariz., but it's never been considered totally legitimate.