Investigations of Reports of Living Pterosaurs in the Pacific

Investigations of Reports of

Living Pterosaurs in the Pacific

Interviews of eyewitnesses:

Michael, of Opai Village, “was one of the witnesses of a strange light that came to the grave . . . where the body of a man was buried.” (in Gomlongon Village) “The next day . . . the body was missing.”

Gideon “saw a giant pterosaur-like creature when he was with several other boys years ago. There is nothing in the . . . interview that would suggest any dishonesty or gross errors in what this young man reported to Whitcomb.”

Pastor Jacob Kepas “saw a strange huge creature fly over his village. . . They know it as seklo-bali or ‘he who carries his bed around with him.’”

Perth, Australia: A couple “sighted a huge creature flying over a densely populated area . . . it had a long tail and a wingspan that we estimated at between 30-50 feet across. . . . never in my life have I ever seen anything that remotely resembled it until I found a page on Pterosaurs.”

On Umboi Island, an American saw what investigators believe was a ropen: a long-tailed (Rhamphorhynchoid) pterosaur.

A missionary in Papua New Guinea saw what may have been the creature that is called ropen on Umboi Island. The sighting itself was near Manus Island (Morobe Province).

The ropen was seen by Jonah Jim. The glowing creature flew near enough for him to be able to later describe it to Jonathan Whitcomb, an American investigator.

A large “pterodactyl” was seen by a World

War II veteran. It was near Finschhafen on the mainland of Papua New Guinea. This eyewitness has maintained, for six decades, that he did see the “pterodactyl” as it flew up from a jungle clearing and circled back, giving him and his friend a fine view of it.

(Duane Hodgkinson lives in Montana.)

Shape of the beak or mouth of the giant “pterodactyl” seen by the veteran

Length of the head appendage of the creature seen by the veteran

Length of the neck of the creature seen by the veteran (again, Hodgkinson)

A Rhamphorhynchoid (long-tailed) ptero-saur flies over Opai Village about once a month. It is seen by Leonard of Opai.

Apparent living pterosaurs have been seen by others on Umboi Island, including the interpreter on Jonathan Whitcomb’s expedition: Luke Kenda, of Lae.

Two bioluminescent lights (called indava) cannot be the Flying Fox for this fruit bat has no bioluminescence. The video of the two lights was analyzed by a missile defense physicist.

Living pterosaur sighting locations:

At Lake Pung, a giant pterosaur flew over the water just minutes after seven island boys had arrived. (Umboi Island)

Gomlongon Village—Here, near Mount Bel, is where the ropen is seen at night, as it flies to or from the mountains.

Opai Village, near Gomlongon, on Umboi Island, is another place where the ropen is seen as it flies overhead at night.

Umboi Island “may be best known as the home of the ropen.” (Morobe Province)

Legend of giant “bat” in Venezuela

Other resources on living pterosaurs:

The book Searching for Ropens “examines the revolutionary idea that pterosaurs live in Papua New Guinea.”

Ropens: “Live Pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea,” contains information on sightings, expeditions, and a response to objections based on the “Mesozoic strata.”

Are the “pterodactyl” sightings related to the Flying Fox fruit bat?

Glen Kuban and the fruit bat explanation

(The Flying Fox fails to explain things.)

Credibility of ropen eyewitnesses

“Flying Dinosaurs” in Papua New Guinea

2004 Expeditions to Umboi Island

“Pterosaurs Still Living” home page

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Creation, evolution, and living pterosaurs

More on Creation and evolution and how they relate to living pterodactyls

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