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Then there’s the strange “Thunderbird Mandela Effect.” A lot of people vividly remember hearing about a famous case where a giant bird in Illinois allegedly attacked or tried to carry off a child. Most versions point to the 1977 Lawndale incident. The weird part is that people often remember this story as being heavily documented, with major evidence and coverage, but when you actually look into it, the records are much thinner and less definitive than many remember. It’s become one of those strange cases where the legend seems bigger in public memory than in the historical record.