Shadow of the Thunderbird (Cryptids Trilogy, Book 1)

[Music] [Music] on the eastern shore of stanley park in vancouver british columbia at a place known as brockton point stands a cluster of ten totem poles carved and painted by first nations artists one of these carvings a striking replica of a longhouse post stands in conspicuous prominence it is called the thunderbird house post the lower half of the thunderbird house post features a grizzly bear holding a human being its upper half the half relevant to this video is dominated by an aqualine figure with outstretched wings a mysterious character from first nations mythology known as the thunderbird the thunderbird is a common motif in the indigenous artwork of canada's west coast from haida gwaii to the fraser delta the image of a great eagle with curved horns serves as testament to an ancient legend shared by the first peoples of the pacific northwest for centuries bella kula nutka and