Blake and Karen discuss the legendary photo said to capture 19th century cowboys or soldiers with a giant bird or pterosaur.<br /><br />SHOW NOTE LINKS:<br /><br />The original <a href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn95060905/1890-04-26/ed-1/?sp=3&amp;r=0.619,0.248,0.383,0.413,0" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Tombstone Epitaph article</a> about the winged creature<br /><br />Karl Shuker's <a href="https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2021/01/elucidating-two-civil-war-pterodactyl.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">blogged</a> <a href="https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2014/11/seeking-missing-thunderbird-photograph.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">several</a> <a href="https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2020/10/exposing-truly-batty-example-of-fake.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">times</a> on the Thunderbird Photo and wrote a <a href="https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2020/10/when-i-interviewed-mark-chorvinsky.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">eulogy for Mark Chovinsky</a>, author of a <a href="http://www.strangemag.com/strangemag/strange21/thunderbird21/thunderbird1_21.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">thorough </a><a href="http://www.strangemag.com/strangemag/strange21/thunderbird21/thunderbird1_21.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Strange Magazine </a><a href="http://www.strangemag.com/strangemag/strange21/thunderbird21/thunderbird1_21.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">article</a> about the Thunderbird photo.<br /><br />Ivan T. Sanderson figures into the story prominently.  <a href="https://thunderbirdphoto.com/f/the-ivan-t-sanderson-files-origin-of-the-thunderbird-photo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kevin J. Guhl has written an extensive article about this.</a><br /><br />I think all the researchers - the serious researchers - are converging on the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">False Memory</a>" hypothesis to explain this story. <br /><br />However, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/11fom00/the_thunderbird_photo_is_a_lost_photograph/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">debates</a> about the photo <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/1kxu82j/the_thunderbird_photo_isnt_lost_mediait_simply/#lightbox" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">continue</a>.<br /><br />Some of the online photos were promotional photos for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreakyLinks" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Freaky Links</a> TV show.<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/monstertalk--6267523/support</a>.<br /><br />Some product links may be affiliated with Amazon revenue sharing.