I recently received the following information:
My husband & I were grilling out in our backyard one Sunday afternoon approx. 5pm a month ago, when a pacific blue (in color) stingray looking bird flew over our home. Must of been 1 1/2 - 2' in length and width.
We were actually sitting and conversating when it caught our attention. It looked down at us and continued flying. We live in Atascocita, TX. We were in shock as we've never seen anything like it before. We both looked at each other and a couple seconds later asked "what the heck was that?"
It disappeared into trees and have not seen it since.
NOTE: this location is near a large body of water (Lake Houston)...similar to the incident in Laredo (Lake Casa Blanca). Is it possible that these cryptids / beings are somehow able to live in water and fly over land? An amphibious bird? I appreciate any sighting reports or encounters related to this phenomena...Lon
-----
This is the 2nd sighting of a flying ray-shaped cryptid in Texas in 2013...previously seen in Laredo, TX:
I was driving home to my house at 1:20PM when I came across this stingray grayish-white looking thing flying over my car - coming from the lake we have here in Laredo, Texas going into the golf course next to it. It was roughly 3 feet wide - maybe bigger and it had a glide to it - no wings, just looked like a stingray - literally. It passed about 30 ft. in front of me and I watched it for about 10 seconds. It looked as if it was swimming, but flying. What could this creature be? I'm kinda freaked out by this. I jumped on the internet as soon as I got home and thank gosh, I'm not the only one. AR
I contacted the witness for further information which I added to the initial report. This is the first flying ray-shaped cryptid report I have received from Texas. It seems the sighting was between the Casa Blanca Country Club and Lake Casa Blanca located in east Laredo, TX. The witness was driving north / northest on Rt. 20. I have been researching this phenomena for several years and mentioned in my book Phantoms & Monsters: Cryptid Encounters
as well. Below are links to the other sightings previously reported to me:Winged Manta Ray Shaped Cryptid - Near Ashton, WV - 12/3/2004
Additional Ray-Shaped Cryptid Sightings in WV Ohio River Valley Revealed
Flying Translucent Ray-Shaped Cryptid - Hampton Bays, New York
New 'Flying White Sting Ray' Sighting - Hebron, Kentucky - 1/25/2012
New Flying Manta Ray Sighting - Lynchburg, VA
Reader Submission: New 'Flying Manta-Ray' Sighting - Jordan, Minnesota
NOTE: There were 2 reports of a large leather-winged 'V' shaped bird in Spring, Texas...but the reports differed from the others. I'd appreciate any followup the readers could provide:
Huge Leather-Winged 'V-Shaped' Bird - Spring, Texas
Reader Submissions: 2nd Sighting - Huge V-Shaped Flying Cryptid - Near Spring, Texas
Phantoms & Monsters: Cryptid Encounters
Monsters of Texas
Monster Files: A Look Inside Government Secrets and Classified Documents on Bizarre Creatures and Extraordinary Animals
