tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post1735943635137085717..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES:THUNDERBIRD NESTS IN UTAH?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-38227359820316767072010-05-31T12:38:43.672+01:002010-05-31T12:38:43.672+01:00Sorry, not all f my comment got through, probably ...Sorry, not all f my comment got through, probably because of a transmission error. My remark was that the account includes several statements that are represented as authoritative.<br /><br />...but in fact the statements are bogus. They are made-up "facts" that appeared in this article first and do not draw on any earlier authorities.<br /><br />And I consider the "nests" to be geological features IMHO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-50091466190089521442010-05-29T02:36:50.335+01:002010-05-29T02:36:50.335+01:00The account has a couple of statements that are st...The account has a couple of statements that are stated as authoritative. The "Behemoth Bannock Birds" reference is basically tautological and defines the Thuderbirds by calling them Thunderbirds: the "Prehistoric bird" reference presumably means Teratorns.<br /><br />It is not known if Teratorns would build nests but condors, for example, do NOT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-52768288253728030212010-05-28T20:07:44.385+01:002010-05-28T20:07:44.385+01:00As I started reading this, Richard, my mental refl...As I started reading this, Richard, my mental reflexes went for the option the 'nests' might be some sort of sacred construction devoted to the Thunderbird, (or the 'Behemoth').<br /><br />What seems to squish that idea is the items found in the nest.<br /><br />It'd make a great psychological horror story though, low on production costs, too, the sort of thing Syfy or the Horror channel might go for, where the Donner Party, already suffering mental and physical depredations, encounter the 'nests' (which, even if real, might last've been used thousands of years before), and begin to 'imagine', or even 'hallucinate' - we're not sure - they're in danger of being picked off by the owners of these monstrous nests, until ravaged by psychosis, they begin sacrificing each other to their new 'gods'.<br /><br />To relieve (but also subtly manipulate) the tension, we could throw in a few gags, maybe a couple of Hope and Crosby 'Road to...' style figures, and call it Donner'n'Blitzen!<br /><br />Put it in a double bill with Mrs. Tiggy's Winkle and its Cannes, Sundance, here we come!<br /><br />alanborkyborkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042275165058229970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-36173768503574742042010-05-28T19:50:15.607+01:002010-05-28T19:50:15.607+01:00John Downes: "the line: "Look at that ca...John Downes: "the line: "Look at that caveman go!"...was later purloined William Burroughs style by David Bowie who used it in his 1973 hit `Life on Mars`."<br /><br />Ooh!<br /><br />I never knew that - an' I've always LOVED that line.<br /><br />Typical Dave, eh?<br /><br />Tch!<br /><br />I'm a huge Bowie fan ever since me Mum accidentally turned over while waiting to see Coronation Street, (or some other drab, soul sucking horror like Family at War).<br /><br />Until then, a twelve year who only knew of Slade or The Osmonds, suddenly I beheld this strange creature from another order of existence with an acoustic slung around its neck intoning, "There's a star...man...waitin' in the sky..."<br /><br />Used to seeing strange things and being 'persuaded' to keep them to myself, THIS guy was BEING a strange thing - an' doin' it in full view of everyone - ON THE TELLY!<br /><br />Nothing was ever the same again.<br /><br />That man was the main reason I stayed in this world until I was nearly thirty.<br /><br />Thank you, John.<br /><br />('ave y'ever thought of doin' a blog where you plait or interlard your mystery of music 'you' with your crypto 'you)?<br /><br />alanborkyborkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042275165058229970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-41465718412704077542010-05-28T18:43:16.755+01:002010-05-28T18:43:16.755+01:00Hi Richard,
My files indicate an earlier source o...Hi Richard,<br /><br />My files indicate an earlier source on the giant bird nests of the Utah desert; in 1943, during the annual meeting of the sciences, arts and letters, held at the Utah State Agricultural college, among the speakers were Dr. William H. Behle, Dr. Woodbury and Dr. W.P. Cottam of the University of Utah, who presented their "Further Light on the 'Fossil' Bird Nests of the Great Salt Lake Desert." <br /><br />Sincere regards,<br /><br />Theotheo paijmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17890509406570628152noreply@blogger.com