'It’s an omen, or it’s a curse, or it’s a blessing,' said photographer Gregory Messimer, discussing the mythology of the rare white raven he spotted in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge last month.
A white raven has been around Kenai for the last month. Gregory Messimer, a local photographer, has been documenting the bird, and he says the white raven is both visually striking and culturally symbolic.
Messimer said he took note, not just because of the bird’s aesthetic differences, but because the white raven has symbolic relevance in many religious traditions and mythologies. The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge posted about the bird on Facebook as sightings trickled in, and called it, “truly a once in a lifetime occurrence.” The refuge confirmed that the bird is leucistic, not albino. It has blue eyes instead of red, which would indicate albinism.
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