The Legend of the Thunderbird

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

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True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Episode 415: For generations, people across North America have reported seeing enormous birds, describing wingspans that seem impossible and encounters they struggle to explain. Long before those reports were written, the Thunderbird was already known in many Indigenous cultures, where it is understood as a powerful and sacred being associated with thunder, lightning, and the forces that shape the natural world. For some, it is symbolic. For others, it is real. These are living traditions that deserve care and respect. Sources: The Thunderbird Indigenous SymbolThunderbird (mythology) | WikipediaJun 13, 1927, page 24 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com™Aug 06, 1933, page 45 - The Sunday Oregonian at Newspapers.com™Aug 20, 1933, page 3 - The Ogden Standard-Examiner at Newspapers.com™Tombstone epitaph (Tombstone, Ariz.), April 26, 1890 | Library of CongressLegend or Lie? The Tombstone Thunderbird | kgun9.comr/Cryptozoology | What about Thunderbird?r/Cryptozoology | Thunderbird sighting?Thunderbird — A Canadian Legend | Mysteries of CanadaThunderbird Stories from the Canadian Shield | Mysteries of CanadaLarge-bodied birds are over-represented in unstructured citizen science data - Scientific ReportsThunderbird | CryptidWikiWhy Giant Bird Sightings Still Appear TodayPROOF of the Tombstone Thunderbird - Forgotten History Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Mike here. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to DarkPoutine early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.
0:13.0	Take two, Mike.
0:18.6	Take two. Yeah, welcome back to Dark Putine.
0:21.6	I am Mike Brown and Matthew is finally speaking into the proper microphone and his headphones are not the thing that's recording.
0:29.5	I had no idea that my headphones actually had a microphone in them, but it seems like they do, Mike.
0:34.1	Welcome to technology, Matthew.
0:36.6	Speaking of technology, I had a dream about totem poles and thunderbirds last night
0:41.4	after reading this script.
0:42.5	I noticed, and I was so happy upon awakening that I saw that you'd actually read the script
0:48.9	that I sent you.
0:49.9	You know I always read the scripts, Mike.
0:51.9	I know you do.
0:52.6	I know you do.
0:54.0	Well, let's do this thing.
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