Research source

the starkville news (starkville, miss.) 1902-1960 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1917-11-09
Location: starkville, mississippi, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the starkville news (starkville, miss.) 1902-1960 · 1917-11-09 · page 3
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

Record summary

A 1917-11-09 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.

Published source text

Read the available text below. Archive transcriptions may contain OCR errors; later context is labelled separately. A recorded claim is not a finding that it happened.

Source passage

Source text · mention only

... blue heron far ahead, the giant bird being Interrupted while fishing In some shallow water where the min nows and taddlea congregate. The herons all. and the great Mnea particularly, are expert fishermen; not, of course, with rod and line, but as glggers, the implement being tho natural one of their long bills. If you can make a long and successful sneak ahead and spot one of these birds through your field glass, or even with Sharp, long-distance eye*, the slender creature standing like a statue and quite as motionless for many minutes at a time or stalking slowly along, rarely more than half-leg deep In the water, to a new' spot, and then see ...

Historical context

Contextual commentary · mention only

This OCR excerpt may mix reporting, humour, folklore, syndicated copy, editorial comment and witness claims. Newspaper title, date and original page remain available for source-critical reading.

Modern context

Contextual commentary · mention only

Lattice can compare reported features across periods while preserving uncertainty, OCR limitations and the possibility of conventional explanation, exaggeration, copying or satire.

Investigate related details with Anomaly Graph’s account-based search, or read how matching and provenance work.