Teradactyl
Modern Sightings of Pterosaurs Still Living
Pterosaurs Still Living
Cryptozoology book
Umboi Island Eyewitnesses
Marfa Lights
“Teradactyl” in Arkansas
Non-fiction cryptozoology book
Live Pterosarus in America, 3rd ed.
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The most comprehensive nonfiction book
on extant pterosaurs in many of the 48
contiguous states of the United States
A common misspelling is “teradactyl”
First, “teradactyl” is a misspelling of “pterosaur”
In the third edition of the nonfiction book
Live Pterosaurs in America we read:
“On the Papua New Guinea mainland, in
2006, Paul Nation and his associate, native
minister Jacob Kepas, explored deep in the
highland interior. One night, Paul video-
taped two glowing objects near the top of
a ridge. The natives attribute this kind of
light to large flying creatures that used to
carry away pigs and children from their
village.
“In daylight, Jacob was led up a mountain
where he thought he could just make out
the features of a large winged-creature
sleeping on a cliff; his guide then climbed
higher, confirming it was the creature called
‘indava.’
“Early in 2007, Paul Nation’s video footage
was analyzed by a physicist. That recording
of the two lights could not be enhanced to
reveal any form of what produced them, but
detailed analysis revealed that they were not
from any camp fires, lanterns, car headlights,
meteors, or airplanes; also, the lights were
not camera artifacts or the result of a paste-
on hoax. Both lights were consistent: made
by real objects on that remote ridge.”
In the scientific paper “Reports of Living
Pterosaurs in the Southwest Pacific” we
read (in a peer-reviewed journal):
“In 2004 I interviewed Duane Hodgkinson,
of Montana . . . He and an army friend were
in a jungle clearing west of Finschhafen . . .
in 1944 . . . something “huge” took off into
the air from the far side of the clearing. The
creature ran to their left, taking six to ten
steps to get airborne. . . . It then disappeared
over the dense brush but soon returned and
flew over the clearing, presenting a “perfect
side view” of its features before again flying
out of view. The wings never stopped flap-
ping, at one to two seconds per flap, while
it flew.” (CRSQ, Volume 45, Winter-2009)
Of course, no scientific journal would use
the word “teradactyl” or even “pterodactyl”
for this flying creature: pterosaur.
Regarding the 1944 sighting by Duane
Hodgkinson and his buddy, the huge flying
creature had a wingspan similar to that of
of Piper Tri-Pacer private airplane. The tail
length he estimated to be “at least 10-15
feet.” The head alone was about 4-5 feet
long, not counting the head crest. It was
nothing like any bird or bat.