The Piasa Bird is a local legend in the Alton, IL area. It’s actually pronounced pie-a-saw unlike pi-az-za like I thought. This legend dates back to 1673 when Father Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet were on their journey down the Mississippi River. They described the Piasa as a birdlike monster painted high on the bluffs along the Mississippi River, where the city of Alton, Illinois now stands. According to their findings, the Piasa “was as large as a calf with horns like a deer, red eyes, a beard like a tiger’s, a face like a man, the body covered with green, red and black scales and a tail so long it passed around the body, over the head and between the legs.”
This creature was given the name, “The Piasa”, by the Illini Indians. It means a bird that devours men.
Guest blogger - Diane
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