Janet and Colin Bord’s #CreaturesFromElsewhere has perhaps the only accurate depiction of the… critter… the Tombstone Epitaph reported as being shot down by two ranchers in 1890. It was approximately the size of Rodan at 92’ (28 m) long with a 160’ (49 m) wingspan.

Jack Pearl changed the date to 1896, the ranchers to prospectors, the critter into a California Condor with a 36’ (11 m) wingspan, and added the legendary #ThunderbirdPhoto aspect. It has further morphed into a pterosaur-like monster

The Janet and Colin Bord book #CreaturesFromElsewhere has one of the all-time most ridiculous summaries of the #WardonAllanCurtis short story, #TheMonsterOfLakeLaMetrie — it fails to mention the plesiosaur coming from the #HollowEarth and [SPOILERS?] doesn’t bring up that a HUMAN BRAIN was transplanted into said plesiosaur!!! And then concludes the story is possibly “based on fact”!!!! Um…

#Cryptozoology #Cryptid #Cryptofiction #LakeMonster