Eleven sighting reports of ropens, a.k.a. * * *Watch at least two of the following videos about these fascinating flying creatures: Dragons and Pterodactyl Sightings - Big Flying Creatureshttps://youtu.be/mCI9E2hRhSY ROPEN!? ***Read the terms and conditions (legal):https://protect-animal-life.com/terms-and-conditions/------------------------------------------ Contents of this Video -----------------------------------------00:00 Introduction, pterosaur sightings in California00:17 other names: flying dinosaur, prehistoric bird, etc00:29 Sighting #1: in Irvine; the tail was 15 feet long01:03 S. #2: two in Ramona in 2004; 14-ft+ wingspan01:25 S. #3: San Diego, two of them, wingspan 20-30 feet01:46 S. #4: Altadena, CA: in about 1968; size of a bus02:09 S. #5: in Anaheim in 2018; 25-30 feet wingspan02:29 sighting #6: in Fairfield, CA; 30 feet wingspan02:47 S. #7: central California; night; cryptozoologist02:58 Scott Norman was eyewitness: big pterosaur03:17 Why do people report living pterosaurs in CA?03:27 Eyewitnesses have indeed seen pterosaurs03:38 pterodactyl sightings in 40 states of the USA Two sightings of a dragon were in Lakewood, California, and another eyewitness reported three dragons flying together over the I-5 freeway just east of Griffith Park in Los Angeles. I was stunned from the entire experience . My dog Ember was with me. Pterosaur Eyewitness Group Support PEGS. At the same time a cry was heard, resembling that of a swan, though enough different to make it plain it was not a swan . . Altadena, California (north of Pasadena) - about 1968 The "pterodactyl" was as long as a bus, as it flew up into the mountains above Altadena. . San Diego (two men saw two gigantic flying creatures) Altadena (sighting of a giant "pterodactyl" in about 1968) Anaheim (a huge flying creature) Fairfield (giant apparent pterosaur) Central California (sighting by the cryptozoologist Scott Norman) Here's the video "Giant Pterodactyl in California": Educational music video on Youtube . Their wings were long, angular and pointed and their tails had triangular points. a dragon or flying dinosaur. . Pterodactyl Sighting in Illinois Watch on The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word cryptid as "An animal whose existence or survival is disputed or unsubstantiated, such as the yeti." For the following witnesses to living cryptids, there is no dispute. . That just sounds like a mental illness. A nonfiction-cryptozoology author has analyzed eyewitness accounts of apparent non-extinct pterosaurs, commonly called "pterodactyls" or "flying dinosaurs," and found that several states in the USA stand out, including Utah. As reported in the Illustrated London News of February 9, 1856, the rock in which the creature had apparently been entombed for millions of years, contained a precise mold of its body. The [apparent living pterosaur] seen flying over the I-540 in Raleigh, in March of 2013, appeared to have a wingspan of five to six feet, much smaller than the one in Idaho. . Location of sighting: Lansing, Illinois. This will be the fourth edition of Live Pterosaurs in America, to be published first in ebook format. . andI had to move on. It was about half a mile from the stream bed above Eaton Canyon Park. . It was gliding steadily, without flapping its wings, seemingly meer [mere] feet above the rooftop of an adjacent building. I was driving a car alone, on my way to pick up my sister. My sighting took place last night, 12/19/2016. Long live modern pterosaurs! He described the dark gray or black animal as 30 feet long, with 15-16 feet of that being a tail. [On another night two men] were surprised to hear a strange, strangling noise in the deep swale under the bridge. Date of sighting: Summer of 1968. "Trust one eyewitness of a plane crash over the imaginations of a hundred professors who've agreed how that kind of plane should fly. A lady reported observing a huge dragon pteradactal that had been perched, at about noon on June 19, 2012, on a phone line or cable company wire over her backyard. . . Around 4 p.m. Its bat-like skin was a dark tannish color. Pterosaur or Pterodactyl Sightings By Jonathan Whitcomb Featherless flying reptiles appear to live across the globe, shocking and sometimes frightening eyewitnesses of these apparent modern pterosaurs. . 8 min ago. . A transformation in thinking about modern pterosaurs. She said she saw a large flying animal over a small lake. . I suggest there are limited exceptions to the rule that ropens use storm channels and stream beds to fly along at night. What you believe the creature was: Pterodactyl. . . A great number of the encounters with pterodactyls have been in these states: Alguna vez viste un pterosaurio? Yes, some scientists believe that a limited number of species of pterosaurs have survived into modern times. . The other day, I was doing an online search and found the following report (which Ive condensed and slightly edited for clear English): In 2010 I saw a flying dinosaur. . . . . ", "Not everybody embraces a live pterodactyl", The extinction of some species of pterosaurs, out of so, many known from fossils, is hardly disputed. What is it? . Two sightings of a "dragon" were in Lakewood, California, and another eyewitness reported three dragons flying together over the I-5 freeway just east of Griffith Park in Los Angeles. Pterodactyl with a Pee Well-Known Member. Its because ropens are nocturnal and rare but spread across the planet, and on occasion some fly in daylight. Sighting was for 15-20 seconds; Scott was the most skeptical of the observers; It looked like a pterosaur, but he was not 100% sure. Discover for yourself these amazing yet true stories and why they are usually absent from news headlines. Garth Guessman also lectured on living pterosaurs (2007, in California). . Eyewitnesses see modern pterosaurs around the world, actually, but this is mostly about two ropen sightings in western Minnesota in the summer of 2018, by a young man (Jonathan Archer) . . In the summer of 1891, southeast of Fresno, several eyewitnesses reported two featherless flying creatures with wingspans of fifteen feet . . If you have an interest in cryptozoology you should read this. [reader comment from Dale, who lives in Pennsylvania], Searching for Ropens and Finding God fourth edition, Live Pterosaurs in America (cryptozoology book). Early in 2013, a musician reported a close encounter with a pterodactyl that flew in front of his car while he was driving on a highway in Raleigh, North Carolina, at sundown. . pterodactyls) hunt bats at night. This was just northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Generations of people in Utah have reported large flying creatures, sometimes using a word like dragon or pterodactyl or pterosaur. This is a brief introduction to eyewitness sightings of apparent living pterosaurs seen in Utah. . Only two feet awaythats how close the creature was (horizontally)to the concrete wall of the channel. . You deserve to know the truth about these accounts of sightings of gigantic living pterosaurs. Fossil records suggest that Gigantopithecus blacki reached the size of 3 meters (9.8 ft), and weighed up to 540 kilograms (1,200 . . I saw this large dark colored flying animal. . Sandra had to drive on. Pterodactyls have been reported in many areas of North America, including Minnesota. . . Whitcomb (2014) relates additional sightings of supposed pterosaurs in other countries, including England, Spain, Netherlands, Mexico, and Canada. . Here are the videos (as of Aug 31, 2019): Five months ago today, I uploaded my first video to the Youtube channelProtect Animal Life. . . I would think of myself as someone who knows a little something of the animal kingdom. NOT SO! The eyewitness was shocked to see that the creature had both a head crest (common in Pterodactyloids) and a long tail with a diamond tip (common in Rhamphorhynchoids). The point is this: pterosaurs still living. When a large boulder of limestone was split open, the workers were astonished to see a large winged creature come tumbling out. many similarities exist with these flying creatures that are seen by eyewitnesses across many areas of the planet. Here is the URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSJ-jFoAo9g\u0026t=2sThe two sketches of modern pterosaurs were drawn by Patty Carson and Eskin Kuhn, both of whom gave full permission for Jonathan Whitcomb to publish and distribute those sketches.The video clips of aerial shots are used by a paid license from the company that has the rights to sell such licenses.The two music pieces are used by paid licenses from the companies that has the rights to sell such licenses. In both cases, the "dragon" (or "pterodactyl") was near a storm channel. 3 different sighting reports involving huge Thunderbird and Pterodactyl / Pterosaur creatures in Colorado, Texas and Mississippi "In 2008, on the southeast corner of north Table Mountain in Golden, Colorado, I witnessed a large flying Thunderbird riding the lead edge of a thunderstorm that was coming out of Clear Creek Canyon. There have been a number of alleged pterosaur sightings around the world. Flying northeast at about 4:00 p.m. . How many persons have seen a living pterosaur? . Ive spent well over 10,000 hours on my own investigation, probably more time than any other person now living. Estimated Number of Sightings of Pterosaurs in the United States. As of early December of 2017, it seems that no scientist has a body of a recently-deceased pterosaur to examine, or at least I have no knowledge of such a discovery and examination. . Michael Slack, of Roswell, New Mexico watched the flying creature both through the eyepiece and by direct observation. . Cryptozoologists who specialize in investigating eyewitness reports of pterodactys, generally refer to all modern long-tailed pterosaurs with the name ropen.. . It was around October of 2008, just weeks after the two better-known sightings near Winder. Yes they do live in Hawaii. . the place whereI was parked was the far back entry of a very small airport (and yes,I am very sure it was no planeI saw). I have never read about living pterosaurs nor have I heard of any others reporting of their sightings. . . . I know that some skeptics may not accept the following estimates, yet I disclose them now with confidence that theyre not very far off. .. I suggest that at least some eyewitnesses were telling the truth, regardless of the opinions of the news reporters of that time, and that at least some eyewitnesses may have seen a living pterosaur. These four sighting reports of modern pterosaurs in California have perhaps never before been featured in a Youtube video. . They have been reported in Raleigh, Durham, Asheville, Wilmington, and in other areas of N.C., as well as in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and in many other states Its tail, which I could see clearly, was straight and had a diamond shape on the end. Enjoy this lively music video as you learn about the shocking flying creatures men and women have encountered in California. . [One of the sightings in this video was in Altadena, California, in the late 1960's, close to Pasadena; another sighting was in Irvine, California]. Pterosaurs were not dinosaurs, but a family of large flying reptiles ("pterosaur" means "winged lizard") that includes the pterodactyl and Pteranodon. The sighting by Wooten was at about 3:00 p.m. between Greenville and Florence, South Carolina. . The apparent pterosaur was flying about 1700 feet from the end of a storm channel, a few years ago, just south of the Long Beach Airport. . . Buy your own copy of this living-pterosaur book on Amazon or from some other online book seller, or buy one or more to give as gifts for Christmas or for birthdays. Two sightings have been reported from the same backyard in the city of Lakewood, California. Post Your Fave Pics . Here's the report from October 10, 2017 (anon. spent a night watching the sky . Ive learned some things, over the past fifteen years, about how people happen to see featherless flying creatures that appear to be living pterosaurs. ), Chapter 2: Sightings of Pterosaurs in California. Message: " I was 17 in 1968 when I was going to my neighbor's house in late spring or early summer. . I watched him fly across to a large tree . This has brief book reviews: comparing two cryptozoology books about these astonishing featherless flying creatures. By the reckoning of one source, the area around Baker City is something of a focal point for UFO sightings. COLUMN: UFO sighting stats show a focus on Baker County. In general, a fossil expert will fight against the possibility of a modern pterosaur until an eventual admission emerges: [admitting] there is a small chance that a species may have survived into the present. The visibility was clear. I figured thats where it had landed, startling the birds. On the drawing of the winged creature if you will notice there is some yellow color addedthis also represents the area of the creature that looked to me like the most illuminated aspects/parts of the thing combined with the afore mentioned grayish/brown coloring., Other Night Sightings of Possible Pterosaurs in Western USA. My dog Ember was with me. . Pterosaur Eyewitness Group Support (PEGS) this blog promotes emotional and social assistance between persons who have seen a living pterosaur. Lets now pause to take all this in context. Washington I received an email from man who reported a pair of ropen-like creatures in the state of Washington. Sandra Paradise has seen a long-tailed flying creature at least three times during the past four years. . We both looked up to see what did that and saw a large flying animal., Getting back to the ladys encounter northwest of Austin, she told her husband, It looked like a pterodactyl. Note that she first was thinking or hoping for a commonplace explanation: a big turkey vulture, only this thing had a long neck and a pointed beak and head. As a gift giver for a child or teenager, you need to know what this does and does not do and what benefits it can give to the young reader. We now consider the third sighting (perhaps not yet covered anywhere else). . We stared at the creature in disbelief because it was so strange . WHERE ARE YOU???. Various labels have been put onto these flying creatures: Ive received reports from a number of countries on five continents, yet most of the eyewitness reports have been from the USA, and theyre enough to now make an estimate that I believe is more accurate than my estimates in earlier years: how many Americans have seen a living pterosaur. I was fishing at a gravel pit in Heyworth, IL and the dawn had just [broken]. In case of both the photographs, some people suggested the creature could be a Thunderbird mentioning some such sightings. . That does not mean blind faith, believing without any reason to believe, but it can mean taking one or two steps onto the path ahead, even when the light does not yet quite reach that far. . The following is overly simplistic, I know, but consider this: With about 300 million persons in the United States, if my sisters experience is typical then more than 300,000 persons in the USA, at least once in each of their lives, must have had a good sighting of a living pterosaur. . I looked back at the road and witnessed the man swerve off the road and flip his van into [a field next to the road]. Ive been investigating sightings of these flying creatures for sixteen years now, reported encounters with apparent living pterosaurs. Unlike many sightings, this was was not reported to me (Jonathan Whitcomb) but to fellow members of a musicians forum. Despite their appearance, they were not related to birds and were highly successful flyers that might have dined on fish and insects. 8. This forum discussion began in March of 2013 (The Gear Pagestill online early in June of 2018), when the great majority of Americans had little or no comprehension of any reports of pterosaur sightings in North America. The wingspan was the length of the water trough, six feet, and it was at least four foot tall.. They became especially . A few skeptics have declared that no bird watchers have ever seen a modern pterosaur. . Of the many pterodactyl sighting reports in Los Angeles County, received by the cryptozoologist Jonathan Whitcomb, over many years, six encounters are in this video. . . . We were chatting when we saw this bird? The pterosaur stood on two rather spindly legs and had wings composed of a leathery membrane that stretched from the animal's extremely long fourth finger to its body. FRESNO, July 31. No feathers,and the wings were pointed and never flapped. Reports of Living Pterosaurs in the Southwest Pacific gives you a better look at the ropen of Papua New Guinea. Two sightings of a "dragon" were in Lakewood, California, and another eyewitness reported three dragons flying together over the I-5 freeway just east of Griffith Park in Los Angeles. The Western dogma of universal pterosaur extinction is on its way out, soon to become extinct itself. She estimated that it had a 20 foot wingspan. . . Joined: . On March 18, 2013, I compared eight sighting reports of apparent pterosaurs in Southern California. Many Youtubers make similar recordings of themselves, although not usually while theyre sitting on a couch. This video answers that question . I had to resist a powerful urge to confine that word source within quotation marks, where the dubious are often detained. I realized this was no ordinary bird but appeared more like a featherless reptile. In Texas, there were reports of pterosaurs in Harlingen in 1976, San Antonio in 1976 and Los Fresnos in !982. At least one report seems to have been about a ropen. The report that two strange dragons with wings have recently appeared in the swamps east of Selma was at first regarded by many as a sen- sational story without foundation in fact, but after different persons at different places had claimed to have seen the strange creatures it began to be thought worth investigating. The Top 10 Most Mysterious Creatures of Modern Times, Stories of Live Animals Sealed Within Stone, 10 Lesser-Known U.S. Monsters and Cryptids, Lottery Curse Victims: 7 People Who Won Big & Lost Everything, Snowy Scares: Horror Movies to Feed Your Winter Need. Los Angeles River near the Colorado Street Bridge, east of Griffith Park, Pterosaur Sightings East of Griffith Park, May 13, 2013, Sighting of a Pterosaur two dragons. When I returned from Papua New Guinea, in 2004, I knew almost nothing about reports of apparent pterosaurs, or dragons, in California. . Nonfiction: Live Pterosaurs in America, third edition. The species lived in the same location as several other hominins, but were much larger in body size. . It begins with late-20th century ropen expeditions in Papua New Guinea and then shows the two expeditions of the year 2004, led by the American explorers Jonathan Whitcomb, David Woetzel, and Garth Guessman. Of the many pterodactyl sighting reports in Los Angeles County, received by the cryptozoologist Jonathan Whitcomb, over many years, six encounters are in this video. Non-fiction cryptozoology book by Jonathan David Whitcomb, sightings of apparent pterosaurs in California, By Jonathan Whitcomb, investigative journalist. Rather than begin by listing my four cryptozoology books, lets look at what you would like as a reader or at the needs and interests of the reader for which you would give a book as a gift. In 2002, an Alaskan bush pilot . . Over the years, many people questioned the authenticity of both the photograph and the creature (Pteranodon). The extinct species pterosaurs lived during the late Cretaceous geological period of North America. Home; Products. As far as the tail goes, I did not see a tail but my son said he did as the creature whipped it aroundhe said it had sharp projections on the tipbut it was moving so fast he said he just got a glimpse of it . Music video: living pterosaurs in California, A few days ago (early in May of 2019), I uploaded a video to the Youtube channel Protect Animal Life. . Yesterday, so the 13th of May 2013. . Those two encounters, however, were in different years and with different eyewitnesses. Enjoy this lively music video as you learn about the shocking flying creatures men and women have encountered in California. Contemporary pterosaur sightings A nonfiction-cryptozoology author has analyzed reports of non-extinct pterosaurs, commonly called "pterodactyls" or "flying dinosaurs," and found how sightings relate to thirty-three states (and Washington D.C.) of the United States. They have been reported in Raleigh, Durham, Asheville, Wilmington, and in other areas of N.C., as well as in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and in many other states, By living-pterosaur investigator Jonathan Whitcomb. Thunderbird is a term in cryptozoology for describing large, bird-like creatures; generally identified as legendary creature of Native American tradition. . Scott T. Norman (1964-2008) was a dedicated cryptozoology researcher who had traveled to Africa and South America to investigate mystery animals. A Destination Truth episode about a potential modern pterosaur in Papua New Guinea, Special thanks to Kwong Yee Cheng for the use of the lovely photograph of the Getty Center in Southern California, Youtube Videos About Pterodactyl Sightings The Bible and Modern Pterosaurs. By the way, the sightings reported in this book are generally of ropens: long-tailed featherless flying creatures unlike any scientifically-acknowledged bat. A teenaged girl told my sister, who was also a high school student at the time, about her encounter with a gigantic pterodactyl. That deserves looking into. Hasbro Lines - Main Lines - Collector Lines - Movie LInes; Takara Lines . . The driver of the car, in clear daylight, saw the huge ropen fly not far above the road in front of him, about half a mile from San Diego Creek, at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Sighting in California, S.F. Pterodactyl Sightings in California These four sighting reports of modern pterosaurs in California have perhaps never before been featured in a Youtube video. How many Americans now living have seen a modern pterosaur? [Introduction to Los Angeles Herald article] The Fresno sportsman now goes gunning for pterodactyls. The huge flying creature, seen by a couple taking a walk, was about a mile from the storm channel that leads to Hansen Dam in the San Fernando Valley. In 1944, in New Guinea (now the nation of Papua New Guinea), Duane Hodgkinson and his army buddy saw a pterodactyl with a wingspan similar to a Piper Tri-Pacer plane (29 feet). . [Pterodactyls Live in Hawaii Ropens Included]. . Sightings; Podcast; Toys. flying straight at me, opposite the flow of traffic, along . as it got close to the other one they both went east., From a California Newspaper Article in 1891. . Several paranormal researchers claim to recall seeing that photo, but don't know where, and the photo has not been seen since. How does that relate to this video? Old Photograph of Pteranodon Taken During Civil War, Old Photograph of Pteranodon Taken During Civil War: Fact Check. I drew level to the place they crossed . Then another person driving on that freeway saw an apparent pterosaur flying near where the other sighting was reported, east of Griffith Park, and it was just a few weeks later (in 2013). All of a sudden I see the HUGE bird looking thing fly across the overpass I was on, maybe 20-25 feet in front of my car . After the encounter, the man estimated its wingspan was between 30 feet and 50 feet, probably closer to 50. The moon had already gone behind the trees, by the middle of that night a week ago Monday, so Mr. With wingspans reaching nearly 40 feet, pterosaurs ruled the prehistoric skies for over 100 million years, until they died out with the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. So how can those few critics be omnipotent? Bay area I got the following in January of 2018, a few days after the sighting: Fremont, CA - 1/14/2018 - around 10pm PST I witnessed a pterodactyl from roughly 50-75 feet away. [from the book Live Pterosaurs in America, third edition], "Live Pterosaurs in America" takes you across the United States, with eyewitnesses who describe the amazing encounters they have had with living pterosaurs. It reveals the 19th Century photograph is authentic one, and the animal/object is real. The following are just a few of the hundreds of Youtube videos, on the channel Protect Animal Life, about modern living pterosaurs: Why do people around the world report seeing a long-tailed pterodactyl? This scientific paper, peer-reviewed in a journal of science years ago, is briefly featured in this video . . . . Photograph of Worlds First Robot: Fact Check. 8. Yes, it is true: We really do have at least a few species of modern pterosaurs still flying overhead. The apparent pterosaur was flying about 1700 feet from the end of a storm channel, a few years ago, just south of the Long Beach Airport. . Fourteen years ago, in [Socorro], N.M., me and a close friend, who now has a masters in biology, were hiking during the midday sun at [a] box canyon and something blocked the sun for a moment. Flying Dinosaur book for a ten-year-old reader. Someone else had to see. Number of witnesses: 1. It was the summer of 1977 and I was 17 at the time. I was driving along on I-540 in Raleigh at sundown tonight . It flew about 20 feet high, towards a cluster of trees near the wetlands of the wildlife sanctuary or refuge. Published in October of 2014, Searching for Ropens and Finding God will take you around the world, with those who have risked life, health, and reputation, as they have looked for living pterosaurs. Another fascinating tale of a pterosaur literally coming out of stone dates back to 1856 in France. . Several more have been reported from Texas and here is an interview with Scott Norman about his Pterodactyl sighting in California State.