Author Denver Michaels

My latest book,  California (Lucid!) Dreaming: Water Dragons, Lemurians, Bigfoot and More  is now available for  preorder on Amazon . Full-time traveler Denver Michaels navigates torrential rains in Santa Barbara, the blazing sun in Blythe, mudslides along the Pacific Coast Highway, swollen creeks in Yosemite, knee-deep snow in Lake Tahoe and other obstacles while seeking out water monsters, giants, megaliths, Bigfoot and other mysteries in the Golden State. In the eighth installment of his popular Detours Into the Paranormal series, Michaels investigates the Winchester Mystery House, rumors of ancient nuclear war in Death Valley, sky gods over the Colorado Desert, Bigfoot sightings beneath the giant redwoods, thunderbird reports, lucid dreams, strange stone walls, the Lemurian civilization and much more. What will he uncover in his never-ending search for truth? Over 80 photographs chronicle this epic seven-month tour.

I have long been fascinated by "gigantic bird" stories. There are numerous reports of enormous birds —larger than anything thought to be alive—flying the skies.  The reports come from all over, but in some cases, it seems large migratory birds have established several north-south flight paths that run through the United States. Might these enormous birds with their twenty-foot wingspans and dark-colored plumage be teratorns that have survived into the present day? Along with these “thunderbirds” there are reports of flying reptiles with leathery wings that also stretch twenty feet or more. Again, these reports come from all over, but seem to be entrenched in the lore of the American Southwest. While conducting some research for a project I’m working on, I ran across this description of a gigantic bird in Chile in the 1800s: A Strange Bird.—Copiapo, Chili, April, 1868.  Yesterday, at about five o’clock in the afternoon, when the daily labours in this mine were over, and a...