Books About
Papua New Guinea
Pterosaurs Still Living
Quality Online Resources for Books Related to Papua New Guinea
copyright 2005-2017 Jonathan Whitcomb
Lab lab, on southeast coast of Umboi Island (a.k.a. Siassi)
Oceans Enterprises - books on PNG
OCEANS ENTERPRISES
This relates to publishers and distributors of about 35 books
which are listed on a number of subjects related to Papua
New Guinea (books are a bit pricey. Subjects include history,
village politics, photos of Gogodala people, cannibals, culture,
expeditions, festival dances, and a book on the history of the
English Church in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and more.
Living Pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea
The nonfiction cryptozoology book Searching
for Ropens and Finding God has been called
the “Bible of modern pterosaurs.” Yet it is more
of a true-life adventure book than a publication
about religion. Much of it, especially in the early
chapters, covers expeditions in PNG, including
the island of Umboi (Siasi).
American explorers who have searched for
extant pterosaurs (also called, in English-
speaking countries “pterodactyls”) include:
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Paul Nation
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Garth Guessman
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Jonathan Whitcomb
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David Woetzel
Names for the flying creatures, in several of
the hundreds of village languages in Papua
New Guinea, include the following, although
there are probably many more:
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kor
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ropen
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duwas
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indave
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wawanar
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seklo-bali
You’ll find many details in this big nonfiction
book: Searching for Ropens and Finding God.
Another Ropen Sighting on Umboi Island
This young lady was interviewed because she
was an eyewitness of the nocturnal ropen’s
flight over Lab Lab, Umboi Island, Papua
New Guinea. The flying creature glows at
night in what the investigators believe is an
intrinsic bioluminescence.
For more information, read Whitcomb’s book
Searching for Ropens and Finding God (in
print format) or the online pdf-download book
Live Pterosaurs in Australia and in Papua
New Guinea (free).
Most of the investigations have been done by
American cryptozoologists, although a number
of Australians have helped in a number of ways.
Live Pterosaurs in America (3rd ed)
This nonfiction cryptozoology book
is about sightings of apparent living
pterosaurs in the United States, yet
some of the flying creatures may be
related to the ropen of Papua New
Guinea. Much research still needs
to be done on these animals.
If you have had a sighting of an apparent,
pterosaur, please report it here.
Ropen expeditions in Papua New Guinea