Cryptomundian momerath brings this photo to the attention of Cryptomundo.

So what is the origin of this photograph of some kind of giant flying reptile (not a “Thunderbird”) with humans?

The appearances are here and here, but they give no info on the actual source.

This image definitely has nothing to do with the Freakylinks image seen around the Internet. The Fox TV/Universal Studio prop now is located at the International Cryptozoology Museum. Pictured below is it in mid-transport from Florida, via New York, to Maine, with Patrick Huyghe and Loren Coleman examining it.