Sightings of giant turtles are reported from a lagoon in Hawaii, the Ohio River and the Kentucky River. Turtle facts and other historical tales of giant turtles are explored in this installment of the National Cryptid Society Case Files.
"The color of it was exactly the color of sand or tan over its whole body and it had no feathers. It had a long narrow mouth a long slightly curved horn out of the back of its head and no tail that I saw..."
It was at least four times bigger than the large bats with about a 7 meters (about 20 foot) wing span, and it glided while they flapped. It swooped down to the water, and on the wing plucked a 60-70cm (about 2 foot) fish effortlessly out the water, carrying it off, thrashing, in one claw.
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