Cryptozoology and Non-Extinct Creatures
They live in the realms of cryptozoology, those Mokele-Mbembes and ropens, but some
cryptozoologists search for them with expeditions in remote jungles including in central Africa
and Papua New Guinea. Other cryptid hunters interview eyewitnesses who report extant
pterosaurs in North America, including most states of the USA.
“An investigator who explored Umboi Island, Papua New
Guinea, declares that a large flying creature reported by an
American WWII soldier, in 1944, is the same species of long-
tailed featherless creature called ropen.
“A study by an American cryptozoologist suggests that the
‘pterodactyl’ described by the World War II veteran Duane
Hodgkinson was a real creature, of a species living in coastal
areas of Papua New Guinea. . . . A few weeks after
communicating with the veteran, Whitcomb (a forensic
videographer at that time) visited Umboi Island and
interviewed native eyewitnesses.”
“The American biologist who went
to Africa in search of a dinosaurlike
animal has returned with accounts
of what might be a new species of
snake and of strange footprints in
the jungle, but without success in
finding the legendary mokele-
mbembe.”
“Investigators declare that fourteen
seconds of a video . . . are of two
bioluminescent pterosaurs. A
physicist . . . found no common-
place explanation and no refutation
of the claim.” [no form or features
are discernable in the video]
“Reports a live dinosaur had been
sighted on a volcanic island of
Papua New Guinea prompted the
deployment of heavily-armed
police in search of the mystery
creature. . . . a three-metre tall,
grey-coloured creature with a head
like a dog and a tail like a
crocodile.”
Cryptozoology involves searching for elusive animals not classified
by Western science, at least not yet. Some reported creatures
appear to be a dinosaurs or pterosaurs. Consider the following
news releases and pages on extant dinosaurs and pterosaurs.
Hodgkinson, eyewitness of an extant pterosaur
Copyright 2007-2017 Jonathan David Whitcomb
Excerpts from a few news releases