First it was bigfoot, now it's big bird
It may be a bird. It almost certainly isn't a plane. All that is known for sure is that several people have reported seeing an enormous creature with a 4-metre wingspan flying over south-west Alaska in recent days. Those who saw it are urging children to stay indoors.
"At first I thought it was one of those old-time Otter planes," Moses Coupchiak, 43, from Togiak, 400 miles from Anchorage, told the Anchorage Daily News.
When it disappeared over the crest of a hill he immediately radioed other Togiak residents to tell them not to let their children play outside.
John Bouker said he saw "the bird" shortly afterwards about 300 metres away from the plane he was flying.
"The people in the plane saw him. He's huge. He's huge. He's really, really big," he said. "You wouldn't want to have your children out."
Phil Schemf, a federal specialist in the Alaskan capital, Juneau, told the News he was sceptical. "I'm certainly not aware of anything with a 14ft wingspan that's been alive for the past 100,000 years."
The closest he could come was a Steller's Eagle, which has an 8ft (about 2.5 metres) wingspan, and has been seen several times recently, according to the US fish and wildlife service.
"At first I thought it was one of those old-time Otter planes," Moses Coupchiak, 43, from Togiak, 400 miles from Anchorage, told the Anchorage Daily News.
When it disappeared over the crest of a hill he immediately radioed other Togiak residents to tell them not to let their children play outside.
John Bouker said he saw "the bird" shortly afterwards about 300 metres away from the plane he was flying.
"The people in the plane saw him. He's huge. He's huge. He's really, really big," he said. "You wouldn't want to have your children out."
Phil Schemf, a federal specialist in the Alaskan capital, Juneau, told the News he was sceptical. "I'm certainly not aware of anything with a 14ft wingspan that's been alive for the past 100,000 years."
The closest he could come was a Steller's Eagle, which has an 8ft (about 2.5 metres) wingspan, and has been seen several times recently, according to the US fish and wildlife service.

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