Other Flying · Washington, District of Columbia · 1895

WA-1895ID case-998ce391d3Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 22, 2026

The account

Witness reports a hunter was attacked by a huge bird on Laurel creek, which tore his coat and inflicted wounds before being killed by his dog.

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Creature: Other Flying
Where: Washington, District of Columbia, 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: Mar 14, 1895
Account: Not first-hand (retold or reported by someone else)
Backed by: 1 independent source
Added to map: Oct 22, 2026
Case id: case-998ce391d3

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Image 18 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), March 16, 1895
Newspaper · 1895-03-16
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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