In 1890 the Tombstone Epitaph reported six gunslingers shot down a mythical Thunderbird

[jlw]

Originally published at: In 1890 the Tombstone Epitaph reported six gunslingers shot down a mythical Thunderbird | Boing Boing

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[snigs]

Someone tidied up the history.

[teknocholer]

“Congratulations, Baer—I think you’ve wiped out the species.”

[BakaNeko]

Turu

[KathyPartdeux]

[phuzz]

I remember seeing the ‘barn photo’ back in the 80’s or 90’s, I’m pretty sure it was in Fortean Times. Seeing as how they’ve published articles about no one being able to find a copy of the photo, I guess I didn’t really see it published there.
I guess it’s a weird offshoot of the Mandela effect.

[nosaj]

@phuzz

I guess it’s a weird offshoot of the Mandela effect.

I’d never heard the term “Mandela effect” before. Reminds me of this (long read, I like it):

https://viruscomix.com/page567.html

[oncebce]

I just re-watched this a few days ago. For some reason.

[phuzz]

mandela effect | Boing Boing

[nosaj]

Maybe I just imagined that I’d never heard of it before…