Eventually, the story would be forgotten for many decades, only for it to re-materialise in an 1963 issue of Saga. While other newspapers later recirculated the story, they never elaborated on the men that killed the bird nor mentioned or provided any photographs of the incident. It was summarised by the newspaper as resembling a "huge alligator with an extremely elongated tail and an immense pair of wings."
Its head was around eight feet long, with its thick wings about 78 feet each in length.
The men measured the creature, determining it to be 160 feet in length and fifty inches in diameter. While the bird put up a fight, it was eventually killed via several blast from Winchester rifles. After overcoming their astonishment, the men proceeded to hunt the bird via horseback for several miles. The newspaper reported that two ranchers had discovered a "winged monster" which had been recovering from a long flight. The mystery's origins trace back to the 26th April 1890 issue of Tombstone Epitaph.
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