I was much astonished at this: but, seeing the sailors in the utmost perturbation, and bidding farewell to one another, I said, Pray what is the matter? They said, What we supposed to be a mountain, is really a Rokh, and if he sees us, we shall assuredly perish, there being now between us and him a distance of ten miles only. But God, in his goodness, gave us a good wind, and we steered our course in a direction from him, so that we saw no more of him; nor had we any knowledge of the particulars of his shape.
— Ibn Battuta Medieval

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Describing an encounter at sea where sailors believed they saw a mythical giant bird (Rokh).

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c. 1340s

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/12733.Ibn_Battuta

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