Jonathan David Whitcomb

Throughout human history come fascinating reports of what may have been living pterosaurs. From “fiery flying serpents” of the Bible, ages ago, to strange flying creatures in England, a few centuries ago, descriptions suggest pterosaurs (commonly called “pterodactyls”). Twentieth century and twenty-first century eyewitness testimonies in Papua New Guinea suggest that giant Rhamphorhynchoids fly overhead at night. Consider these many accounts of encounters with creatures described like living pterosaurs. Some recent reports are from Americans and Australians, including a professional flight instructor (Mr. Duane Hodgkinson) and a professional psychologist.

Much of the research done from about 1994 till 2005 involved the ropen of Papua New Guinea: At least six Americans participated, beginning in the 1990’s with Carl Baugh of Texas, followed by Paul Nation, and (in 2004) Jonathan Whitcomb, Garth Guessman, and David Woetzel. Jim Blume, a missionary for many years in Papua New Guinea, often assisted those investigators. Although the six Americans had few sightings, from 1994 through 2005, they interviewed many native eyewitnesses.

 

Late in 2006, Paul Nation’s expedition, deep in the mountainous interior of the mainland of Papua New Guinea, elevated the credibility of living-pterosaur cryptozoological searching. He videotaped what investigators believe was the bioluminescent glow of one or two living pterosaurs. Within a few weeks, the “Destination Truth” expedition team also videotaped a similar light to the east, on the mainland coast.

 

From 2005 until the present, eyewitness reports in

the United States have rivaled those in Papua New Guinea. As Americans have learned about live-pterosaur investigations in the Southwest Pacific, eyewitnesses of similar flying creatures reported encounters to Jonathan Whitcomb; he analyzed the many accounts and wrote the non-fiction book Live Pterosaurs in America (expanded second edition, published in late 2010), available on Amazon.

"My original purpose was to videotape a live ropen in the daylight." (J. Whitcomb)

The second edition of the non-fiction cryptozoology book "Live Pterosaurs in America" is sold on Amazon.com and on other online sites: Suggest retail price, $13.65.

ISBN-10: 1456341359

ISBN-13: 9781456341350

 

How marvelous those mysterious flying lights near Marfa, Texas! A brief consideration of the strange characteristics of those "CE-III" mystery lights (so classified by the scientist James Bunnell) makes it clear those lights are not from the night-mirage phenomenon applied to car headlights. CE-III lights can seem to dance or behave in other ways suggesting some intelligent purpose to their behavior. What marvelous Marfa Lights!

Big Bend National Park, in Southern Texas

With about 800,000 acres, the Big Bend National Park has plenty of room to hide a nocturnal flying creature that would rarely leave a track. Marfa Lights that appear north of the park---those lights fly

in strange light-splittings and in light-rejoinings, but only a few times each year. Those glowing flying predators (maybe they're like the ropen) may hunt periodically in various areas in this part of North America, not just around Marfa.

Coast of Cuba, near Guantanamo Bay

The U. S. Marine Eskin Kuhn wasn't the only person to have seen a giant flying pterosaur at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in the middle of the twentieth century. Patty Carson described what she had seen:

"We were walking down near the boat yards, headed home . . . We were walking through that scrub area, and suddenly it sat up, as if it had been eating something or resting. The head and upper part of its body, about a third of the wings at the joint . . . showed. . . . [It was] about thirty feet away . . . It did have a tail and it had a diamond shaped tip . . . The skin was a leathery, brownish reddish color. It had little teeth, a LOT of them."