In the news: Southwest Alaskans say bird is the size of a small plane

[Toni Geoly <tonigeoly@yahoo.com>]

Perhaps Anchorage should be an upcoming SVP Meeting site ;)

"A giant winged creature, like something out of Jurassic Park, has
reportedly been sighted several times in Southwest Alaska in recent
weeks....

A Dillingham pilot says he spotted the creature while flying
passengers to Manokotak last week. He calculated that its wingspan
matched the length of a wing on his Cessna 207. That's about 14
feet.... 

Scientists aren't sure what to make of the reports. No one doubts
that people in the region west of Dillingham have seen a very large
raptorlike bird. But biologists and other people familiar with big
Alaska birds say they're skeptical it's that big....

'I'm certainly not aware of anything with a 14-foot wingspan that's
been alive for the last 100,000 years,' said federal raptor
specialist Phil Schemf in Juneau."

http://www.adn.com/front/story/1962481p-2066841c.html

(original article -
http://www.adn.com/alaska_ap/story/1962587p-2066950c.html)

(follow-up article - http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/1979660p-2081808c.html)

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