In New England, legend says the Whip-poor-will can sense a soul departing, and can capture it as it flees. This is used as a plot device in H. P. Lovecraft's story The Dunwich Horror.
Due to the haunting, ethereal song, the Whip-poor-will is among the most frequently evoked symbols of the rural USA
Now I'm not a suspectious person, and Yankees don't scare me much. But out here in the Country - were the Wal-mart is 45 minutes away we respect an animal that size that can take down a cow. It can strip a carcass bare in less time that it takes for a Southern Boy to quote the 2nd Amendment. You want to take dangerous. That would be the Whip-poor-will.
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The Raven and the Whippoorwills are the bird of death
Due to the haunting, ethereal song, the Whip-poor-will is among the most frequently evoked symbols of the rural USA
Now I'm not a suspectious person, and Yankees don't scare me much. But out here in the Country - were the Wal-mart is 45 minutes away we respect an animal that size that can take down a cow. It can strip a carcass bare in less time that it takes for a Southern Boy to quote the 2nd Amendment. You want to take dangerous. That would be the Whip-poor-will.
Evil woman for bring it up.
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