Other Flying · Hartford, Connecticut · 1845

CT-1845ID case-a64685ad1fFallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

The account

Witness reports learning from natives about a species called Ular Tadung with a red head that can leap twenty fathoms.

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: Hartford, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, 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: May 1845
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 30, 2026
Case id: case-a64685ad1f

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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 religious herald (Hartford [Conn.]), May 10, 1845
Newspaper · 1845-05-10
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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