The plan to trade the eggs went south almost immediately. The pterodactyls weren't interested in a fair swap鈥攖hey wanted dinner. As the creatures dove from the sun, screeching like rusted hinges, the cowgirls held their ground. Bunny Parker found her old rhythm, her Colt .45s barking as she picked the monsters out of the sky with surprising precision .
: A hell-raising convict who had just broken out of the local lockup and figured hunting monsters was better than running from the law. The Showdown
The dust of the Texas panhandle was thick enough to chew when the first shadow crossed the sun. In 1864, the town of Kirksey was already a hard place to live, but things took a prehistoric turn when schoolteacher Rebecca Crawford watched her husband, Robert, get snatched right off their porch by a "winged devil" with a thirty-foot wingspan. Cowgirls vs. Pterodactyls
In the chaos of the cave complex, the women used a convenient box of dynamite to even the odds. Between the black powder explosions and the grit of four women who had nothing left to lose, the "winged devils" finally met a predator they couldn't swoop down on.
The trail led the women deep into the rocky canyons where the creatures nested. They weren't just dealing with one beast; a whole colony of leathery-winged "half-bird, half-snake" devils haunted the cliffs. The plan to trade the eggs went south almost immediately
With the local sheriff dismissing her story as sun-stroke, Rebecca realized if she wanted her husband back, she鈥檇 have to do the "negotiating" herself. She didn't find many volunteers at the church, so she headed straight for the saloon and the jailhouse to assemble a posse of the only women tough enough to face a nightmare from the Mesozoic era.
: A legendary gunslinger who had traded her six-shooters for a whiskey bottle. She was the only "actual" cowgirl of the bunch, hired for her steady hand despite her blurry vision . Bunny Parker found her old rhythm, her Colt
: The madame of the local brothel. She wasn't there for the rescue鈥攕he wanted to capture a live specimen as a "novelty" to save her failing business.