This may be a good or bad omen that may require digging to procure or dispose of the eggs. The bird is furthermore believed to lay a large egg underground at the location of the lightning strike. The fat is believed to be procured by catching the bird at the moment when the lightning strikes the ground, or by digging the bird up from an underground cavity at the spot. The fat of the bird is believed to be of significance either as the fuel that the bird sets on fire when it throws down a lightning strike or as a component in valuable traditional medicine. Most supposed sightings describe the lightning bird as a winged creature with the size of a person when needed it can indeed masquerade as a human, but usually it's a huge black and white bird of prey. In other instances it is described as having iridescent feathers like a peacock's or a fiery red tail, bill and legs.
In one instance a village girl described a black rooster-like bird that ran up her hoe and left claw marks on her body before it flew back to the clouds. In these instances the bird is of imaginary nature and may take several forms. Among others the lightning bird is believed to manifest itself only through lightning, except to women, to whom it reveals itself as a bird. The bird Īmong certain African tribes the hammerkop is believed to be the lightning bird. Sometimes it takes the form of a beautiful young man who seduces women. It is said to have an insatiable appetite for blood. It is a vampiric creature associated with witchcraft, often the servant or familiar of a witch or witch doctor, which attacks the witch's enemies. The impundulu (which translates as "lightning bird") takes the form of a black and white bird, the size of a person, which is said to summon thunder and lightning with its wings and talons.
The lightning bird or impundulu or thekwane (or izulu, inyoni yezulu ) is a creature in the folklore of the Zulu tribe. The hamerkop, a bird believed to be a manifestation of the creature
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