NettetIf you travel the Great River Road, just outside of Alton, you'll spot a giant painting of the Piasa Bird on the bluff. Steve Harris explains the legend behind the painting. Show more 6.1M... http://spoonplanet.com/piasabird.html

Piasa bird mythical creature Britannica

NettetThe Piasa bird is a bizarre buzzard with antlers like a deer, a beard like a lion, a body covered with scales—and damned if Clint Adams didn't catch a glimpse of it along the … NettetThe Piasa Bird is a local legend in the river bend area of Illinois. The first record of the beast dates back to 1673. Father Jacques Marquette, while recording his journey down the... boof scrabble

Piasa - Wikipedia

NettetLegend of the Piasa Bird Return to Native American main page As Father Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, and Louis Joliet, a fur trader, paddled down the … NettetHis curiosity about the mysterious legend leads him to Alton, Missouri, where a lovely but bashful librarian is willing to answer his questions, and the Law is eager to ask them—not about some fool bird, but about a killing. The Piasa bird may be a myth, but there's nothing fictitious about a woman's murder. Now the Gunsmith must separate ... NettetI visited Alton, Illinois and did some exploring into the legend of the Piasa Bird. It's a local cryptid that I've known about pretty much my entire life, but that is not very well known … boofs custom id