Case file · Cryptid
Nest of the Tlanuwa
Cherokee tradition placed the nest of the Tlanuwa, giant mythic hawks that carried off children, in a cave halfway up a cliff on the Little Tennessee River below Citico Creek.
1900 CE · 35.55, -84.10 · status: legend
The account
A medicine man was lowered on a bark rope, threw the young into the river, and the great hawks flew away. The white streaks on the rock were said to be their droppings.