PROOF OF THUNDERBIRDS FOUND IN AMAZONIAN JUNGLE:

Dead humpback whale in

Brazilian Amazon jungle.

Photo ctvnews.ca,

Public Domain.

Native tribes of the Pacific Northwest coast of North America have extensive legends of Thunderbird preying on whales. According to mythology the thunderbird grabs a whale at the surface in his talons and carries him inland to the mountains to consume. Since whales are very heavy and are struggling and reluctant to be consumed in this fashion the thunderbird frequently has to put the whale down to rest or get a better grip, at which times gargantuan struggles can take place. These struggles are the major cause of earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest. Years ago I believed that these legends were based upon the misidentification of megafauna fossils seen in the mountains and interpreted as whale bones.

Thunderbird and whale pole,

Ketchikan, Alaska.

Photo Peter Faris, 2001.

Thunderbird with Whale, from

Stanley Park, Vancouver,

British Columbia, Canada.

Drawn by Peter Faris, 2001. 

Although I personally know of no examples of this legend in the rock art of the Pacific Northwest, whales are a common theme in rock art, and the Thunderbird and Whale are frequently found portrayed in other art media by Northwest Coast Native artists.

Petroglyph of humpback whale,

Wedding Rocks, Olympic

peninsula, WA,  Photo

by Teresa Weedin, 1992.

Cryptozoologists and explorers have reported gigantic birds from throughout North and South America for well over a century. In general, cryptozoological interest in these reports is to attempt to justify the survival of pterosaurs into the modern era. Pterosaurs lived during the Mesozoic, from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous (228 - 66 million YBP) and died out with the dinosaurs (Wikipedia). But, the gigantic birds mentioned in reports are more likely just that - gigantic birds.

Thunderbird with light plane.

Photograph from the Internet.

Public Domain.

It now seems as if we have actual physical evidence from Brazil in this instance of the body of a humpback whale found not on the beach, but in the jungle. It would appear that the South American equivalent of Thunderbird dropped him there and, for some reason, did not retrieve the body.

Dead humpback whale in

Brazilian Amazon jungle.

Photo allthatsinteresting.com,

Public Domain.

The discovery was made on February 22, 2019 according to reports. "Darlene Silva, a spokeswoman for Brazil's Department of Health, Sanitation and Environment, told reporters the animal was found in a mangrove swamp only after researchers noticed vultures circling in the sky." (Yahoo)

Dead humpback whale in

Brazilian Amazon jungle.

Photo allthatsinteresting.com,

Public Domain.

A team of biologists from the Bicho D'agua institute led by Renata Emin visited the site and "said the animal was about 26 feet long. Emin added that the find is extra baffling since the presence of a humpback whale off Brazil in February is "very unusual" and they are rarely seen that far north." (Yahoo)

Not so baffling if you assume that the whale was carried there by a Thunderbird - but not on April 1 - would I fool you?

NOTE: Some images in this posting were retrieved from the internet with a search for public domain photographs. If any of these images are not intended to be public domain, I apologize, and will happily provide the picture credits if the owner will contact me with them. For further information on these reports you should read the original reports at the sites listed below.

REFERENCES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterosaur#cite_note-pterosaur_distribution-7

https://news.yahoo.com/dead-humpback-whale-mysteriously-appears-182405255.html