Summary:
There is an old legend of a fearsome creature that flies through the forests of the Adirondacks. This primordial being was created at Lake Sacandaga after a brutal murder or had it always been there? We discuss the Iroquois legend of the Flying Head
Link to the photo of the owl showing the threat display.
Sources for the show:
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Abbatt, W. The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries, 1906. https://books.google.com/books?id=x_AOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA282.
Canfield, William. The Legends of the Iroquois. A Wessels Company, 1904. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Legends_of_the_Iroquois/E4xCAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0.
Contributors to Wikimedia projects. “Flying Head.” Wikipedia, November 29, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Head.
Native Languages. “Flying Head (Whirlwinds, Big Heads).” Accessed December 31, 2022. http://www.native-languages.org/flying-head.htm.
Frameglasseye. “R/Paranormal - The ‘Flying Head’ Encounter.” reddit, March 19, 2019. https://www.reddit.com/r/Paranormal/comments/b2wvn6/the_flying_head_encounter/.
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Geocaching. “1812 Birth of Lake Pleasant.” Geocaching.com. Accessed December 31, 2022. https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC778VV_1812-birth-of-lake-pleasant?guid=6bc01a62-2d43-4a0d-849f-d17ec886fa47.
Hoffman, Charles Fenno. Wild Scenes in the Forest and Prairie. Vol. 2. Richard Bentley London, 1839. https://archive.org/search.php?query=external-identifier%3A%22urn%3Aoclc%3Arecord%3A1158370562%22.
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Weaver, Aaron. “Lake Sacandaga Legend.” History of lake pleasant & Speculator, August 31, 2014. https://historylakespec.wordpress.com/lake-sacandaga-legend/.
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Music:
Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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