A Real Image Of An Pterodactyl? The Mystery Behind The Civil War Dinosaur Photo

Selena Claus
1 min readFeb 11, 2018

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So, is this just another result of Hoaxed content on the internet, or could this be a real image of a pterodactyl?

Quite possibly the most famous photograph in history related to the existence of Pterodactyls is an image that allegedly dates back to the American Civil War in 1864.

According to the story behind the mystery image, a giant flying creature was shot down by soldiers during the American Civil War in 1864 near the city of Vicksburg.

The story says that the soldiers said that the creature was like “some kind of unknown bird or a monster.”

In a surprising twist of the story, a second photograph appeared on the Internet that showed a similar scene.

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