I think sometimes the more you talk about weird things, the more weird things happen to you. I recently have had some weird coincidences while looking into thunderbirds. I started looking into thunderbird sightings in the Bridgewater Triangle thinking it was just another weird creature sighted in a weird area, but now I'm thinking they might actually have a pukwudgie connection.
As I was in the process of researching them, someone reached out to me asking if there could possibly be pukwudgies in Illinois. And yes, there could. I used to be more by the book with the traditional definition of the name, but I've come to realize its more of a blanket term for little people in the New England and Great Lakes region, much like duende is for central and South America.
This person had also told me about a huge bird they had seen. They described it as looking like a vulture, but much bigger. It was a daytime sighting and the creature was in the middle of a 2 lane road and its wingspan was almost from one side of the road to the other. This person is familiar with turkey vultures, bald eagles and sandhill cranes so was able to rule all of those out.
This area turns out to have lots of huge bird sightings and lore. An area about an hour away has lots of bigfoot sightings also. My personal take on it is that this sighting and some of the Illinois mothman sightings are a thunderbird like creature.
So why are there thunderbirds in 2 areas that also have pukwudgie sightings (and nearby bigfoot sightings too)? I have no idea. Maybe they come through the same portals. The Bridgewater Triangle seems to just be...weird land. A thin spot maybe. The creepy stories go back almost 10,000 years there. I'm not as familiar with the mid-west but I was told that a lot of these sightings are near the cooling lake of a nuclear power plant. Does anyone know if a nuclear power plant can open a portal?
I will leave you with my favorite thunderbird stories from both areas so you can formulate your own theories.
1971
Officer Thomas Downey
Mansfield, Ma
Maple ST, Winter ST and Bird ST near Bird Hill
Late at night, Officer Downey saw a dark figure about 6 feet tall standing motionless on the side of the road. He had assumed this was a hitch hiker. As his car approached, he saw enormous wings erupt and the creature flew straight up. That was the end of the experience, but he was so sure of what he saw that he went back to the station and reported the sighting. Probably not the best career move since this got him a lot of ridicule. However, after he came forward with his story, residents near Bird Hill admitted they had been seeing this creature for years. Another interesting fact to point out is the high tension power lines (See Bill Russo sighting) also run through this area. Those are known to be a sort of highway for wildlife. Maybe less common creatures use the same trail.
1977
Marlon Lowe- age 10
Lawndale, IL
Marlon was playing in his yard while several family members sat on their porch. While he was playing, 2 huge birds appeared in the sky over head. Before anyone could react, one of the birds swooped down and grabbed the boy. It carried him off about 30-40 feet and then dropped him. He was physically okay, but i would suspect him and his family may not have been psychologically okay after this.
This occurred about 2 hours from where the Piasa bird cliff paintings were found. This was a Native American mural depicting a thunderbird like creature known as the Piasa. The difference between thunderbirds and the Piasa birds is that the latter is known for as a "the bird that devours men", especially known to go after children. They are more bite sized after all.
There are documented sightings in this area going back to 1673. I've also come across theories that the thunderbirds in this area migrate seasonally between Illinois and the Ozarks. They return in spring which aligns with pukwudgie sightings always beginning in the spring. Other animals and old people also migrate seasonally, so why not thunderbirds and pukwudgies?
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