GOOFUS BIRD
AKA: Philohela Minor | Goofy Bird
📍 QUICK FACTS
| Origin: | American Lumber Camps |
| State/Region: | Wisconsin |
| Country: | USA |
| First Sighting: | Late 1800s |
| Category: | Cryptid |
📖 DESCRIPTION
The Goofus Bird is a fearsome critter known for flying backward - it doesn't care where it's going, only interested in seeing where it's been. It also builds its nest upside down and falls out regularly.
👁️ FAMOUS SIGHTINGS
- ►Late 1800s - Wisconsin and Minnesota lumber camps
- ►Part of the fearsome critter tradition of exaggerated wildlife
🎭 CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
The Goofus Bird is a humorous fearsome critter, mocking people who spend too much time looking back at the past instead of forward to the future.
🃏 METAZOO CARD
Goofus Bird
Seance 1st Edition
Bronze