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the southern herald (liberty, miss.) 1866-current — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1916-12-15
Location: liberty, mississippi, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the southern herald (liberty, miss.) 1866-current · 1916-12-15 · page 7
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1916-12-15 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “giant bird”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... star shell, which revealed the giant bird, with wings spread wide against the sky. Two searchlights played upon it, and a salvo of shell-fire opened. But neither Larry nor Francois tnougut of the danger. As the aero plane whizzed past the captive balloon, which, with her gun trained upward. was expecting her above, in repetition Of earlier visits T.nrrv uf,,.wl r. ln Ktc j uivrwu ul lu ilia seat and cast the loose end of the rope, which he had colled into a slip knot. The aeroplane flew on at top speed Presently it staggered and dnnirpr- ous tilting of the wings told Francois mat his companion had missed. Larry swore. He had lassoed steers ...

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