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Piasa Bird

Alton, IL

A huge painted monster on the Mississippi bluffs revives the centuries-old Piasa legend recorded by early French explorers near Alton.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: riversandroutes.com/directory/piasa-bird/

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