The Plaque
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Pacific Northwest Legends (2015)
A Natural History
Artist: Justin Gibbens with Will Bow
Under BNSF Railroad Tracks
Post Street
Spokane, Washington
(Date Photographed: 06:57:24 Tuesday 20 June 2017)
(Date Published: Saturday 5 August 2017)
© 2017 Bryan Costales
#C17_4057

A bronze plaque on the wall just outside the railway overpass described the mural.

Pacific northwest Legends:
A Natural History
by
Justin Gibbens & Will Bow
2015
This mural is a project of Spokane Arts Fund
Thank you Miller Paint of Spokane

Thunderbird
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Pacific Northwest Legends (2015)
A Natural History
Artist: Justin Gibbens with Will Bow
Under BNSF Railroad Tracks
Post Street
Spokane, Washington
(Date Photographed: 06:57:33 Tuesday 20 June 2017)
(Date Published: Saturday 5 August 2017)
© 2017 Bryan Costales
#C17_4058

The thunderbird is a legendary creature in certain North American indigenous peoples' history and culture. It is considered a supernatural being of power and strength. It is especially important, and frequently depicted, in the art, songs and oral histories of many Pacific Northwest Coast cultures, but is also found in various forms among some peoples of the American Southwest, East Coast of the United States, Great Lakes, and Great Plains. [from wikipedia ]

Skin-Walker
(3 of 9) (979 views)

Pacific Northwest Legends (2015)
A Natural History
Artist: Justin Gibbens with Will Bow
Under BNSF Railroad Tracks
Post Street
Spokane, Washington
(Date Photographed: 06:57:44 Tuesday 20 June 2017)
(Date Published: Saturday 5 August 2017)
© 2017 Bryan Costales
#C17_4059

In Navajo culture, a skin-walker is a type of harmful witch who has the ability to turn into, possess, or disguise themselves as an animal, usually for the purposes of harming people. Most skin-walker magic is done with the intent to commit murder. [from wikipedia ]

Tree Octopus
(4 of 9) (975 views)

Pacific Northwest Legends (2015)
A Natural History
Artist: Justin Gibbens with Will Bow
Under BNSF Railroad Tracks
Post Street
Spokane, Washington
(Date Photographed: 06:57:53 Tuesday 20 June 2017)
(Date Published: Saturday 5 August 2017)
© 2017 Bryan Costales
#C17_4060

The Pacific Northwest tree octopus is an Internet hoax created in 1998 by Lyle Zapato. This fictitious endangered species of cephalopod was given the Latin name "Octopus paxarbolis" (the species name being coined from Latin pax, the root of Pacific, and Spanish arbol meaning "tree"). It was purportedly able to live both on land and in water, and was said to live in the Olympic National Forest and nearby rivers, spawning in water where its eggs are laid. [from wikipedia ]

Pacific Merman
(5 of 9) (993 views)

Pacific Northwest Legends (2015)
A Natural History
Artist: Justin Gibbens with Will Bow
Under BNSF Railroad Tracks
Post Street
Spokane, Washington
(Date Photographed: 06:58:12 Tuesday 20 June 2017)
(Date Published: Saturday 5 August 2017)
© 2017 Bryan Costales
#C17_4061

A merman is half man, half fish. But, unlike a mermaid where the lower half is fish, the upper half of the merman is fish.

Ogopogo
(6 of 9) (950 views)

Pacific Northwest Legends (2015)
A Natural History
Artist: Justin Gibbens with Will Bow
Under BNSF Railroad Tracks
Post Street
Spokane, Washington
(Date Photographed: 06:58:32 Tuesday 20 June 2017)
(Date Published: Saturday 5 August 2017)
© 2017 Bryan Costales
#C17_4062

In Canadian folklore, Ogopogo or Naitaka is a lake monster reported to live in Okanagan Lake, in British Columbia, Canada. Ogopogo has been allegedly seen by First Nations people since the 19th century. The most common description of Ogopogo is a 12 to 15 meter long (40 to 50 foot) sea serpent resembling an extinct Basilosaurus or Mosasaurus. [paraphrased from wikipedia ]

Jackalope
(7 of 9) (985 views)

Pacific Northwest Legends (2015)
A Natural History
Artist: Justin Gibbens with Will Bow
Under BNSF Railroad Tracks
Post Street
Spokane, Washington
(Date Photographed: 06:58:44 Tuesday 20 June 2017)
(Date Published: Saturday 5 August 2017)
© 2017 Bryan Costales
#C17_4063

The jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore (a fearsome critter) described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns. The word "jackalope" is a portmanteau of "jackrabbit" and "antelope", although the jackrabbit is not a rabbit, and the pronghorn is not an antelope. Also, many jackalope taxidermy mounts, including the original, are actually made with deer antlers. [from wikipedia ]

Sasquatch
(8 of 9) (957 views)

Pacific Northwest Legends (2015)
A Natural History
Artist: Justin Gibbens with Will Bow
Under BNSF Railroad Tracks
Post Street
Spokane, Washington
(Date Photographed: 06:59:18 Tuesday 20 June 2017)
(Date Published: Saturday 5 August 2017)
© 2017 Bryan Costales
#C17_4065

Bigfoot (also known as Sasquatch) is a cryptid which supposedly is a simian-like creature of American folklore that is said to inhabit forests, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Bigfoot is usually described as a large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. [from wikipedia ]

Ozwald
(9 of 9) (995 views)

Pacific Northwest Legends (2015)
A Natural History
Artist: Justin Gibbens with Will Bow
Under BNSF Railroad Tracks
Post Street
Spokane, Washington
(Date Photographed: 06:59:30 Tuesday 20 June 2017)
(Date Published: Saturday 5 August 2017)
© 2017 Bryan Costales
#C17_4066

Ozwald is named after the flying monkeys of "The Wizard of Oz" book and movie.