On Sunday night’s Morton through Midnight show the
regular cryptozoology feature Morton’s mystery creatures was about the great auk.
A striking bird, the great auk stood 75cm (30 inches)
with bold black and white colouring, hazel eyes, and a large distinctive
outsized beak.
It was in the 1840s that one of the last great auks seen
in the British Isles met with an unpleasant end. This sorry tale takes place on
one of the St Kilda group of islands.
You can listen to a report of its fate on the following link it is
1hr 15mins into the show Morton’s
mystery creature It features the
fate of one of the last great auk to have been seen in UK on the small island
of Stac-an-Armin
Of course there is always the remote possibility that the
great auk is not extinct; so do get in touch with the CFZ if you see one.
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