Ropen reported in California
An apparent ropen sighting in California is being investigated by Jonathan Whitcomb. According to an
anonymous eyewitness, a creature, about 30 feet long and a with tail 15-16 feet long, flew about 20 feet high, over a road
and towards a cluster of trees near wetlands of a wildlife sanctuary or refuge. The tail was straight and it had a flange, similar
to that of a Rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur. The creature was dark gray or black.
Cryptozoologist sees pterosaur in the USA
Scott
Norman, who had years earlier searched in central Africa for the Mokele-Mbembe (described like a sauropod dinosaur), seems to have
become the first cryptozoologist to have seen the clear form of a living pterosaur while searching for one in the United
States. In the early morning hours of July 19, 2007, while several other cryptozoologists were sleeping, he saw the silent creature glide
over a shed just 20 feet away. The wingspan was 8-10 feet and the wings were bat-like. The head was about four feet long and
the head crest was like that of a pteranodon and about two feet long. Although the location is secret (investigations are underway),
multiple news leaks revealed that it's in the Western United States (Washington, Oregon, or California). (See Newsletter Archives.)
The
sighting by Norman is not directly related to the living-pterosaur investigation of the August 2007 sighting in a California
wildlife refuge (above), although there is coordination between investigators. But the location, eyewitness, and interviewers
are different.
Pterosaur in South Carolina
Susan Wooten, of Greenville, South Carolina, has agreed to have her name released
as an eyewitness of an apparent living pterosaur. The creature flew over a highway near a swamp in a remote area of South Carolina
in about 1989. She was interviewed (by email) late in 2007, by Whitcomb, and her credibility was deemed sufficient to have her account
publicized.
According to Wooten, the wingspan was 12-20 feet. It had a head crest and a long straight tail. It flew very close
and right in front of the car Wooten was driving. She says, "Definitely no feathers."