Sasquatch--or something else?

These photographs of an unidentifiable creature were captured on September 16 by a Bushnell motion-activated camera. Sasquatch, perhaps?

A Victorian Menace

In October of 1837, a servant girl was walking home through London at night to visit her parents when she encountered a bizarre figure. He wore a long cloak, an egg-shaped helmet, and a tight fitting body suit of oilskin. The strange being grasped at her, ripping some of her clothes with his clawed hands. The girl's screams stopped the attacker, and drove him off into the night. And thus did Springheel Jack make his first appearance to the civilized city of London.

The moniker 'Springheel Jack' came about because of this creature's ability to leap great distances in a single bound. He was also known to spray noxious gas at his victims from a glowing blue light on his chest. He terrorized London with his seemingly senseless attacks often bounding away while laughing maniacally.

Theories on Springheel Jack's origins vary from the mundane to the supernatural. Whatever he was or is, he remains a mysterious entity who still imparts horror to the faint of heart.

Thunderbirds, Chicago 1977

On July 25, 1977, in the field outside his family's home, ten-year-old Marlon Lowe was playing when two entities swooped down out of the sky towards the boy. Marlon's mother, Ruth, who had been inside the house, stepped onto the porch and saw a pair of enormous, coal-black birds flying over the field, one with her son in its talons. She screamed, and the bird dropped the boy, pecking at him as it flew off. Six other people witnessed the event. Ruth estimated the birds' winspans to be at least 18 feet. After doing a bit of research, she concluded that the birds reminded her most of condors.

Other citizens encountered either one or both birds in the Lawndale, Illinois area. After one sighting which caused a woman to collapse, a group of armed men went to the location of the sighting and reportedly killed a large bird. They burned the body, leaving no trace of evidence.

The attempted abduction of Marlon Lowe by two gigantic birds is consistent with Native American legends of thunderbirds.