| ID | #1598258090 |
| Added | Mon, 24/08/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Peter Hough & Jenny Randles, Mysteries Of the Mersey Valley
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
Several people were fishing in the old harbour on the banks of the Mersey Canal and were trying to move several connected barges when suddenly the huge creature came down from the mouth of the Mersey directly on them.
He was described as a huge winged bird-like creature with a yellow neck and hooked beak. He had a wingspan of about 12 feet (3.6 m) long. He had ugly red shiny eyes and a very strong bad smell came from him.
One of the men pulled the trigger on his rifle, but at the sound of the click the giant bird-like creature dissolved in the air.
Original news
Location. Preston Brook, England
Date: September 1968
Time: 2330
Summary: Several men were fishing at an old marina on the banks of the Mersey canal and were attempting to move some barges that were tied together when suddenly a huge creature swooped down from the Mersey estuary right at them. It was described as a huge winged bird like creature with a yellow neck and a hooked beak; it had a wingspan estimated at 12 feet long. It had ugly red shiny eyes and gave off a very strong foul odor. One of the men cocked the trigger on his rifle, but at the sound of the click the giant bird like creature vanished into thin air.
Source: Peter Hough & Jenny Randles, Mysteries Of the Mersey Valley
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