Thunderbird

Thunderbird Estimated Size

Artist rendition of how big a Thunderbird might be

Thunderbird Hunt

Alleged photograph of a Thunderbird

Thunderbird Photograph from India

Thunderbird sightings are not only confined in the Americas

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Thunderbird is a term used in cryptozoology to describe large, bird-like creatures, generally identified with the Thunderbird of Native American tradition. Similar cryptids reported in the Old World are often called Rocs. Thunderbirds are regarded by a small number of researchers as having lizard features like the extinct pterosaurs such as Pteranodon. Reports of Thunderbird sightings go back centuries, and the fossil record does show that giant birds (teratorns) with wingspans between 4 and 5 m (12 and 18 ft) were likely contemporary with early man. Today the creature is generally regarded as a myth.