Other Flying · East Ely, Nevada · 1889

NV-1889ID case-926f34537aFallback locationAdded to map Oct 9, 2026

The account

A sailor reports that an enormous bird attacked a boy who had fallen overboard and was carrying him away in the air.

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

Creature: Other Flying
Where: East Ely, Ely, White Pine County, Nevada, 89301, 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 1889
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source (8 documents; copies and reprints are not confirmations)
Added to map: Oct 9, 2026
Case id: case-926f34537a

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Down the rabbit hole → 8 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.

Image 1 of The White Pine news (Treasure City, Nev.), June 1, 1889
Newspaper · 1889-06-01
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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