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March 2005 – Page 13

Thunderbird in Mexico
by Stew

I used to visit Paurto Vallarta, Mexico every winter until my wife became ill and we could no longer travel. I went there by myself in year 2000. While there, I took a boat to a village called Yallapa that could only be reached by boat. The jungle was too thick and difficult for roads. I stayed there three days. The village was small, with no telephone and one electrical generator that shut off at 9 p.m. The second day, I climbed a cliff from the beach. It was the way many of the local people got to the vllage, rather than by boat. As I walked along a ravene at the top of the cliff, I came to a spot where the local women did their laundry in a small stream. I walked a bit more and found a nice spot to sit down. It overlooked a huge expanse of jungle running from the mountains to the ocean. I could see for several miles of jungle, so dense I doubt that the inhabitants of Yallapa ever went there much.

As I looked at some higher land about one and a half miles away, a huge black bird-like creature came from the more mountainous region to my left, and flew toward the ocean on my left. At that distance, palm trees that were 40 to 50 feet high looked very small, yet even though the creature was at the same distance, it looked very big. Its total wingspan about equal to the length of the taller palm trees, I thought about 30 to 40 feet. The wings moved very slowly, almost touching on the downward swing. I had a long time to watch it as it traveled two or three miles toward the ocean. It looked just like the pteradactl is often pictured, but at that distance I could not see details. I called a few people who I thought would agree with what I thought it was, but all I got was skepticisim, so even though I was sure as to what I saw, I kept it to myself from then until now.

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