It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's a giant chicken:






Scientists have declared that the middle of North America was once overrun by swarms of enormous flesh-eating demon chickens.

“It was a giant raptor, but with a chicken-like head and presumably feathers. The animal stood about 10 feet tall, so it would be scary as well as absurd to encounter,” remarked Emma Schachner.

Matt Lamanna, who was in charge of the team that made the discovery, said: “We jokingly call this thing the ‘chicken from hell,’ and I think that’s pretty appropriate."

According to Utah University:

Three partial skeletons of the dinosaur – almost making up a full skeleton – were excavated from the uppermost level of the Hell Creek rock formation in North and South Dakota – a formation known for abundant fossils of Tyrannosaurus rex and Triceratops. The new dinosaur was 11½ feet long, almost 5 feet tall at the hip and weighed an estimated 440 to 660 pounds.

The newly assembled skeleton of the devil birdosaur is to be displayed at the Carnegie Museum and has been named Anzu wyliei. Anzu after a bird-like demon in Mesopotamian mythology, and wyliei after a boy named Wylie.