User Submitted Cryptid Sighting: Gargoyle
Name: Melissa Cavazos
Age: 25
Number of witnesses: 2
Location of Sighting: Bryan, Texas
Date of sighting: 8/22/2021
What you believe the creature was: Gargoyle
Message: “I never knew I would ever in my life witness such creature, I always go to my back yard and witness either birds or airplanes, but this day, the sky was red around 7pm and I just looked up and saw something so big I knew for a fact it wasn't a bird. For about 5 seconds, it was flying just above my neighbors tree, and then it made a turn into my back neighbors tree. I want to say it was a gargoyle but it was pitch black and I couldn’t see its face. The wings were of no bird, but more of a bat, but gigantic. I came inside the house as soon it made a turn because it scared me, my brain couldn’t even comprehend what it had just seen. I then asked my boyfriend how big do bats get here in Texas, trying to find an explanation, but obviously not this big at all. This creature was around 5ft, it was not an eagle, and no other large bird I have ever seen was as big as this.”
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