As a scientist who has recently moved to the great American West, I was intrigued by the Native American folklore surrounding Thunderbirds. So, I bought this book. It seemed intersting enough. Big mistake. The author is lacking in the writing skills department. Some paragraphs contain multiple themes whereas others jump all over the place. The chapters do not seem to have a "soul" so to speak and they could be combined into 3 chapters.
The author could really use a good "scientific" Ornithological reference such as Ornithology by Frank B. Gill. The author lives so close to the beach there in Wilmington that he could spend much more time enjoying the Osprey activity over the ocean (not to mention the occassional Bald Eagle sighting) than chasing folklore.
Bighoot??? Likewise the author should spend some time in Appalachia. Get to know the people and see their skill at spinning yarns and tall tales. Bighoot sightings could be linked to the occassional sighting of a Snowy Owl (if you shave a few inches of height off the sighted creature and consider that such sightings are not uncommon and that the snowy does perch on the ground).
Otherwise, I think he should seek Hagrid's Hippogriff.
As the author of THUNDERBIRDS, I want to take this opportunity to thank the many people who have bought my book. I am confident the readers will be happy to learn about the extensive records of American Indian lore and historical reports of giant birds. And I expect that time will prove the survival of the two kinds of fossil birds that I have found to be responsible for those records.
Someone has posted comments here about one of the sixteen chapters in my book. The statement is transparently a hit piece directed from the coterie of CSICLOPS followers who are incapable of being skeptical about the status quo. It contains examples of incredible nonsense and distractions that will not be found in my book. Some quotations highlighted in that statement are unique to one person. My book contains a hypothesis that explains what the other 99% of witnesses have reported. The claim that there are "other similar reports" is more nonsense. I have separated the wheat from the chaff to the dismay of people who will not do so. They invariably take the position that it is all chaff.
