Other Flying reports from the 1850s

2 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.

We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.

1. 

   Other Flying · Tipton, Iowa · 1854

   Tipton, Iowa1 independent source

   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.

2. 

   Other Flying · Villa Argentina, Buenos Aires · 1856

   Villa Argentina, Buenos Aires1 independent source

   A traveler reports seeing a magnificent white bird with a black head and neck, red collar, and ponderous beak in the marshes of South America.