Other Flying · Clarksburg, West Virginia · 1914

WV-1914ID case-04ec233c37Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 11, 2026

Creature: Other Flying
When: Jun 1914to the month
Where: Clarksburg, West Virginiafallback location
Reports: 5 documents1 independent

The account

Chief Three Bears recounts a legend where Four-Bears finds a strange green and black bird with three claws that flashes lightning and causes thunder when it opens its eyes.

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Details

Creature: Other Flying
Where: Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, United States
mapped to town level · from the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen
Fallback location (drawn hollow on the map): this is the newspaper's printing town, not where it was seen.
When: Jun 1914
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (5 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 11, 2026
Case id: case-04ec233c37

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Source trail (1)

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Image 24 of The daily telegram (Clarksburg, W. Va.), May 2, 1914
Newspaper · 1914-05-02
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