A worker of mine witnessed a large bird like creature perched on a palm frond. It had pure white feathers, but its face looked like a humans (with a hooked nose). It had apparently been sighted before, as the Malays have a legend about this creature. The legend claims that anyone sighting this creature would go blind. Strange to say, this worker almost lost an eye due to a freak accident several days after seeing this creature.

For months after that, I checked out books on cryptozoology, strange facts etc. to see if this creature was mentioned in any of these books. The closest reference was that found in a Japanese book, about a bird like man who lived in trees and was an expert swordsman.