1. At Cuddie Springs is a fossil site containing Diprotodon and the Thunder Bird . 2. The park was named after Norman M . Paterson, a thunder bird ". 3. He has red 1996 Ford Thunder Bird . 4. *The Sioux people of South Dakota believed that in the first creatures in Thunder Birds . 5. It seemed the Thunder Bird had been awakened, and the family was never heard of again. 6. Additionally, the family has been called thunder birds , giant emus, giant runners, demon ducks and mihirungs. 7. Big Thunder Mountain was rumored by natives to be home to the Thunder Bird , a powerful spirit possessing a treasure. 8. Built by Southwest Airways to resemble an Anasazi " Thunder Birds ", starring Preston Foster and Gene Tierney. 9. Contractor Thunder Birds " ( directed by William Wellman ), was filmed on location at the field in the spring of 1942. 10. Peter Jones said, that by " taking this name I was dedicated to the Thunder God . " Thunder birds are represented by eagles.