the 1977 Lawndale Thunderbird incident — kid was lifted off the ground, there are witnesses

Look I know how this sounds. Marlon Lowe, ten years old, Lawndale Illinois, July 25 1977. Two large birds — described as black, with white rings at the neck, 4-foot body length, wingspan minimum 10 feet — swoop down. One grabs him. Carries him roughly 35 feet before dropping him. His mother Ruth saw……