Was the Piasa an Imperial dragon, proudly proclaiming Chinas claim on the Mississippi Valley?
For more information on the Piasa please visit the following links: http://www.indians.org/welker/piasa.htm It happens that the Piasa cannot be directly linked to any know Indian motif, it was painted green (a colour utterly unknown in true pictographs from the American mid-west, and the immense scale and complexity of the Piasa is unique. Mark Nickless, who originally drew our attention to the Piasa Bird Monster has written an article on the phenomenon. To read his article please visit the following link: http://www.gavinmenzies.net/pages/evidence-1421/content.asp?EvidenceID=379 • Feb. 2005 update – Researchers have had an opportunity to examine a rare original 1854 Henry Lewis lithograph of the Piasa, published in Dusseldorf. It has some intriguing details that had not been seen in the small copy previously available to them: 1.It is apparent that a bluff face of at least 5000sq. ft. in area had been quarried and worked smooth before the Piasa was painted. Also, there are distinct qu
