Case file · Cryptid
The chickcharney of Andros
The forests of Andros are said to hide the chickcharney, a three-toed, red-eyed bird-like creature that hangs by its tail from pine trees and brings good or bad luck to travellers.
1950 CE · 24.70, -78.00 · status: legend
The account
Treat it well and fortune follows; mock it and your head may be turned around backwards. The year is an approximate attestation; the tale is older.
The sceptical view
A giant flightless barn owl, Tyto pollens, about a metre tall, lived on Andros until humans arrived; it may have left a memory behind the legend.