Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1919 — Explorer Attacked by Prehistoric Bird [ARTICLE]

Explorer Attacked by Prehistoric Bird

London. —Baron Munchausen, says the Daily Express, is reincarnated in the person of Ivan Levey, who describes an encounter with a prehistoric moa in the wilds of North Island, New Zealand. He was assaulted, says Levey, by a 14-foot moa, a class of beast that had been generally supposed to be extinct. Its color was light brown and its body huge and lyilky.There wece no signs of wings, the legs were disproportionately massive, almost elephantine, and the three-toed feet were “simply ponderous.” A small head rested on a long ostrich-like neck. The moa uttered a deep, booming noise, says Levey.