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Other Flying · Tipton, Iowa · 1854

IA-1854ID case-1a825d9276Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 8, 2026
Creature
Other Flying
When
Jul 1854to the month
Where
Tipton, Iowafallback location
Reports
2 documents1 independent

The account

An Indian hunter claims he was seized by a giant bird that dwells in the sky and carries him into the air before he kills it with his spear.

Trace the source trail → every document, in time order, and how they connect

We map claims, not creatures: this is what the sources say, not proof. How a case is built

Details

Creature
Other Flying
Where
Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, 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
Jul 1854
Account
Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by
1 independent source (2 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map
Oct 8, 2026
Case id
case-1a825d9276

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Source trail (2)

Down the rabbit hole → 2 documents, and how they connect

Every link goes to where we found the account. The earliest we found is marked; it is the earliest found, not necessarily the original.

  1. Image 1 of The Cedar County advertiser (Tipton, Iowa), July 15, 1854
    Newspaper · 1854-07-15
    Earliest found, not necessarily the original.
  2. Image 2 of The Cedar County advertiser (Tipton, Iowa), July 15, 1854
    Newspaper · 1854-07-15

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Further reading

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