Ultra Q

I Saw a Bird (1x12)

Air date: Mar 20, 1966

The police investigate an empty zoo, wherein every cage has been ripped open from the inside. There, they discover the nightshift zookeeper, clutching feathers in his hand, utters with his last breath, "I saw a bird!" Meanwhile, Jun, Yuriko, and Ippei investigate the appearance of a strange, medieval sailing ship. Finding the ship's log, they encounter a small, finch-like bird. Suddenly, the ship begins to fall apart and sink into the bay, and the bird gravitates to Saburo, a young orphan boy. As Saburo sleeps, the bird he names "Kuro," flies out at night to feed....With Yuriko's help, Professor Ichinotani identifies the creature as Largueus, a giant bird thought extinct before the Third Ice Age.