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Pterodactyloid of Central New

Britain Island, Papua New Guinea

According to the second edition of the book Searching for Ropens, the ten sightings, of pterodactyl-like creatures flying over the island of New Britain, were from April of 1989 through 1991.

 

Rhamphorhynchoid Pterosaur

From 1994 through 2004, at least six Americans have explored Umboi Island . . . searching for a nocurnal pterosaur-like creature called “ropen.”

 

What is a Ropen?

The following  compilations  of eyewitness  testimony and second-hand  or other accounts,  are supple-mented by the conclusions of  Jonathan Whitcomb. . . . nocturnal . . . ropen, duwas, kundua, seklobali, indava, and wawanar. . . . like a Rhamphorhynchoid.

 

Cryptozoology and Pterodactyls

Almost all biology text books . . . proclaim that dinosaurs and pterosaurs became extinct millions of years ago; nevertheless, some people believe in survivors.

 

Indava of Papua New Guinea

A colony of the apparent-pterosaurs is near a remote Village, north-by-northwest of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: an almost inaccessible location in the mainland interior. (expeditions: November of 2006 and March of 2007)

 

Are All Pterosaurs Extinct?

. . . a reply to Glen Kuban’s web page. . . . According to Searching for Ropens, however, “Since no researcher in Europe  . . . had any knowledge of living creatures similar to the fossils, it was  assumed that they were all extinct. The key word is ‘assumed.’”

 

Whitcomb's Book, Searching For Ropens, Asserts Pterodactyl Reported In Papua New Guinea

. . . the "pterodactyl" described by the World War II veteran Duane Hodgkinson is a real creature that lives in coastal areas.

 

Glowing Creatures Videotaped

Cliff Paiva, a missile defense physicist working in Southern California, found no commonplace explanation for the fourteen seconds of video.

 

Book Reviews Regarding Pterosaurs

Books related to pterosaurs are reviewed online, including two Amazon.com reviews.

 

Investigations of Reports of

Living Pterosaurs in the Pacific

Interviews of eyewitnesses . . .

Living pterosaur sighting locations . . . Other resources on living pterosaurs

Pterosaur Seen in South Carolina

Late in 2007, I interviewed Susan Wooten by email concerning her sighting of an apparent pterosaur that flew over a highway near a swamp in South Carolina.

 

Flying Dinosaurs in

Papua New Guinea

First, we need to distinguish between four kinds of evidence gathering: preliminary legal investigations, court trial prepara-tions, preliminary scientific investigations, and scientific presentation preparations.

 

Creationist Perspective

on Living Pterosaurs

Creationists, yes those Bible-believing Christians often labeled “fundamentalists” were the first ones exploring the remote jungles of Umboi Island and elsewhere.

 

Living Pterosaurs

So what is known about living pterosaurs? . . . As of early 2007, the only published images are stills taken from video footage of the bioluminescent glow of two of the creatures. Yes, . . . a bioluminescence that turns off and on . . . as they fly.

 

What Happened to Pterosaurs?

Why believe in extinction?

 

Duane Hodgkinson’s Sighting

During World War II, an American soldier walked into a clearing near Finschhafen (New Guinea) with his buddy. Soon after entering the clearing . . . a large “pterodactyl” took off into the air . . .

 

Bioluminescence

Perhaps the most mysterious case of bioluminescence is the five-to-six second flash of the ropen of Umboi Island.

 

Living Pterosaur Expedition of 2006

Late in 2006, I interviewed Paul Nation in his home . . . just days after he had returned from Papua New Guinea.

 

A Psychologist Saw a Living Pterosaur

The American author noticed similarities between Hennessy's description and that of a creature reported 500 miles to the west, near Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea, twenty-seven years earlier.

 

Live Pterosaur

Deeply searches the meaning of the eyewitness reports and the origin axioms (philosophies) and theories relating to living pterosaur investigaions and beliefs.

 

Hoax Explanations for

Living Pterosaurs

Quotations from live-pterodactyl web pages