Thunderbird · Kevin, Montana · 1920s

MT-1920ID case-d1b9267ec1Fallback locationAdded to map Oct 30, 2026

The account

Witness reports that a Thunder Bird was overcome by a snow storm and descended into the Piegan camp before flying away among storm clouds.

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: Thunderbird
Where: Kevin, Toole County, Montana, 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: the 1920s
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 30, 2026
Case id: case-d1b9267ec1

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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.

Image 7 of The Kevin review (Kevin, Mont.), July 7, 1927
Newspaper · 1927-07-07
Earliest found, not necessarily the original.

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