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by Jonathan Whitcomb |
Living Pterosaurs newsletter 004
June 08, 2007
To living-pterosaur investigators and to those interested:
It's been too many weeks since the last newsletter; now there is almost too much news to cover at once.
Nine new web pages are listed below. I do not recommend the YouTube site itself, but I have put up two web pages with videos of eyewitnesses of the ropen. You can watch the videos on my web pages without going to the YouTube site (which seems to have many crude and light-minded videos).
The newly published book "Big Bird!" has many sighting reports. I noticed some inaccuracies but the report on the Texarkana, Arkansas sighting by Shawn (page 55) seems accurate, according to what the eyewitness told me. I am grateful that Mr. Gerhard mentions my own book twice in his book; nevertheless, he gives two titles for my book, both of them inaccurate. I could give a thorough book review but there's no time or space here. "Big Bird" is a treasure chest of clues for future living-pterosaur investigations in North America.
My own book, "Searching for Ropens," second edition, is at the printers; it should be bound and ready to ship as early as June 8th (to be optimistic). Please encourage purchases through the publisher, Wingspan Press. This gives at least eight times more funds to future expeditions and living-pterosaur investi- gations, compared with Amazon.com sales. Also, be aware of the edition ordered: The revised expanded second edition has three small ropens on the cover; don't purchase the old original version with only one medium-sized ropen on the front cover.
A new kind of pterosaur-candidate on New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea, is investigated in the new edition of my book (see link #3, below) This seems to be a large Pterodactyloid. Thank you, Garth (Guessman) for interviewing these three eyewitnesses! This is wonderful news, although the creature seems to a a non-ropen, for it does not seem to have much of a tail, if any tail. But who cares about the lack of a tail when we have a new pterosaur-candidate: That's a tale!
Brian Hennessy, a psychologist who works in a medical university in China, gives his account of the "prehistoric" creature he saw on the island of Bougainville in 1971. This is also examined in the second edition of SFR. (see link #5, below)
Paul Nation and I are hoping to get funding for an expedition before the end of this year. We cannot do this on our own, so please let us know of any potential contributors for a major ropen expedition in Papua New Guinea. There will be more information on this in the next email newsletter.
Thank you for your interest in living pterosaurs!
Jonathan Whitcomb
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New Web Pages
Here are some new web pages related to living pterosaurs:
1) Online video of three eyewitness of a flyover of the ropen (2004 interview) at Lake Pung, Umboi Island http://www.ropens.com/gideon-video-1/
2) Online video of Michael of Opai Village (regarding the grave robbery in Gomlongon in 1949; 2004 interview) http://www.ropens.com/michael-video-1/
3) The New Britain Island creature (Papua New Guinea) seems to be a large Pterodactyloid pterosaur. http://www.laattorneyvideo.com/nonlegal/pterosaurs/NBCreature/
4) A few press releases on living dinosaurs and living pterosaurs http://www.laattorneyvideo.com/nonlegal/pterosaurs/dino-ptero-news/
5) A psychologist saw, in 1971, a large flying creature that looked "prehistoric." This was on Bougainville Island, PNG http://www.ropens.com/hennessy/
6) An updated links pages related to living dinosaurs, living pterosaurs, and dragons http://www.laattorneyvideo.com/nonlegal/pterosaurs/others/
7) Another links page on living pterosaurs (a long list of sites!) http://members.aol.com/pteroscience/links-1/
8) Local Names for Living Pterosaurs http://members.aol.com/livedinos/names/
9) An overview of why to disbelieve in extinction and why to believe in living pterosaurs--this is a fresh approach to the subject. http://www.living-pterosaurs.bravehost.com/
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There may be an expedition later in 2007. Watch for the next newsletter for more information. |