Other Flying reports from the 1860s
7 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.
Other Flying · Santiago, Región Metropolitana de Santiago · 1868
Witnesses at Garin Mine report seeing a gigantic bird with brown plumage, grasshopper-like head, and serpent body flying rapidly from northeast to southwest.
Other Flying · Ātiu or Middle Island, Waikato · 1863
A party of miners in 1863 saw an enormous bird fascinated by their campfire before it stalked away.
Other Flying · Fairfield County, Ohio · 1860
Witness reports that Mr. [name] saw a winged man floating in the sky near Bridgeport in June 1860, which his mother also witnessed.
Other Flying · Scott County, Kentucky · 1868
Witness reports that Mr [name] killed an owl measuring five feet one inch from tip to tip on his farm.
Other Flying · Cheyenne, Wyoming · 1868
Witnesses at the Garin mine report seeing a gigantic bird with brown plumage, a grasshopper-like head, and serpent body fly overhead.
Other Flying · New Zealand / Aotearoa · 1863
Witnesses report seeing an enormous bird, identified as a Moa, near their campfire in the mining regions of New Zealand.
Other Flying · Cincinnati, Ohio · 1861
Surveyors Mr. [name] and Mr. [name], along with a native, discovered footprints of a gigantic bird in New Zealand that resembled those of an extinct Moa.