Iceland
After a woeful delay we take another step across the north Atlantic bringing us to the surprisingly green shores of Iceland. A wonderful land of waterfalls, geysers and volcanoes, it was one of the many volcanoes, Eyjafjallajökull, that in 2010 caused massive disruption to air travel all across northern Europe.
Today’s cryptid is closely connected to the geothermal events in Iceland; it’s the hot water loving Hverafuglar, the hot spring bird. This mystery bird is reported to be found swimming in some of the many geothermal pools that can be found around Iceland. These pools of hot water are not just tepid pools some of them really are near boiling and would certainly be warm enough to cook any normal bird daft enough to try landing in it.
The Hverafuglar has been described as a red-coloured duck, as well as a bird similar in appearance to a raven, or alternatively it’s a small tit which is black in colour with just a hint of grey about it.
While there might be variations in the descriptions I have only found the one set of instructions for cooking one of these birds, you need ice cold water to get the cooking under way, once in a pan of ice cold water it only takes an hour and a half to cook. Once suitably cooked it has been noted that the bird is edible but that there is a cold taste to it.
With sightings taking place as recently as the 1940s it is perhaps possible that the bird is still out there awaiting discovery.
If you want to know more about the Hverafuglar it’s well worth getting your hands on the CFZ 2011 Yearbook.
After a woeful delay we take another step across the north Atlantic bringing us to the surprisingly green shores of Iceland. A wonderful land of waterfalls, geysers and volcanoes, it was one of the many volcanoes, Eyjafjallajökull, that in 2010 caused massive disruption to air travel all across northern Europe.
Today’s cryptid is closely connected to the geothermal events in Iceland; it’s the hot water loving Hverafuglar, the hot spring bird. This mystery bird is reported to be found swimming in some of the many geothermal pools that can be found around Iceland. These pools of hot water are not just tepid pools some of them really are near boiling and would certainly be warm enough to cook any normal bird daft enough to try landing in it.
The Hverafuglar has been described as a red-coloured duck, as well as a bird similar in appearance to a raven, or alternatively it’s a small tit which is black in colour with just a hint of grey about it.
While there might be variations in the descriptions I have only found the one set of instructions for cooking one of these birds, you need ice cold water to get the cooking under way, once in a pan of ice cold water it only takes an hour and a half to cook. Once suitably cooked it has been noted that the bird is edible but that there is a cold taste to it.
With sightings taking place as recently as the 1940s it is perhaps possible that the bird is still out there awaiting discovery.
If you want to know more about the Hverafuglar it’s well worth getting your hands on the CFZ 2011 Yearbook.
Our next stop will be the Faroe Isles.
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