On April 25, 1910, millions of small, yellow bugs passed through Erath County headed south. A year later in 1911, Two boys discover a fierce bird about the size of a hen. It had tiger stripes, a small head, and a four inch bill. The bird was captured by throwing a hat over its head. Local ornithologists pronounced it to be a tigersuma, a native to South America, probably brought here by a storm. Stephenville Tribune