By living-pterosaur author Jonathan Whitcomb, Upcoming ebook Live Pterosaurs in America (fourth edition), The following quotations are from a preliminary version of this books interior. . . . "Trust one eyewitness of a plane crash over the imaginations of a hundred professors who've agreed how that kind of plane should fly. Pterodactyl with a Pee said: . I would think of myself as someone who knows a little something of the animal kingdom. eyewitness JC): Subject: Pterodactyl Sighting In Irving TX "I was on my way to school this morning and I saw a very large flying creature above a nearby woodsy [area]. . . Two sightings have been reported from the same backyard in the city of Lakewood, California. I suggest there are limited exceptions to the rule that ropens use storm channels and stream beds to fly along at night. . From Garth (at the same meeting in 2007) Big flying creature in that area; Has a big head crest; Long tail has a diamond-shaped flange . it was a really clear night cuzz it had rained the day before. The primary foundation for belief in scriptures, and belief in the literal ark of Noah, is in faith. The popular, textbook declaration that all species became extinct millions, of years ago, universal pterosaur extinctionthat concept, itself is approaching extinction. Jonathan Whitcomb. 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. Thats when some of the media in that area responded to my press release. 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. There are also intriguing rock carvings and even photographs that suggest that this species of amazing flying monsters could have survived extinction, could have soared through the skies of the southwestern United States until very recently and might still exist in small numbers in remote parts of the world. Scott Norman, a cryptozoologist from Southern California . Why a pterodactyl sighting should be reported, The Van Meter Visitor and the Gun Shots. . It flew right over us . I waited and looked and stared for probably a good ten minutes . Many Youtubers make similar recordings of themselves, although not usually while theyre sitting on a couch. They navigate by them and find food in them. But the details in the descriptions, not the labels chosen by eyewitnesses, determine how likely it is that a person has observed a live pterosaur. 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. I slowed down and asI was looking the birds suddenly BURST from one of the trees! From the back cover of this nonfiction cryptozoology book: Americans, for years, have reported obvious living pterosaurs, with sightings in Washington state, California, New Mexico, Texas, Ohio, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Virginia, Kansas, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Missouri. . . 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. Im almost positive whatI saw fly over the freeway in Los Angeles WAS NOT a bird of any kind. Youtube playlist Pterodactyl Sightings in California. Web There were a flurry of sightings in the 1940s and 50s before in 1961 Craig Black claimed to have seen a female carrying a pouched cub in Ben Lomond National. 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. . . Sightings; Podcast; Toys. two dragons. Another fascinating tale of a pterosaur literally coming out of stone dates back to 1856 in France. Taking measurements, they reported that the monster was 92 feet long with a 160-foot wingspan and a mouth full of sharp teeth. the dog started shaking, rolled on her back and peed all over herself! . There have been a number of alleged pterosaur sightings around the world. When I returned from Papua New Guinea, in 2004, I knew almost nothing about reports of apparent pterosaurs, or dragons, in California. Glowing Creature Flying Over San Fernando Valley, It was a very large, winged creature that was gliding maybe 100 yards above us. [The creature flew] "at low altitude," in front of his car, over the road (Campus Drive), into the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Residential LED Lighting. . I feel blessed that God has allowed me to see this creature that should not be here, and yet is, this strange dragon-like thing that lives somewhere in the woods in this redneck little town., Dragon Pterodactyl Living in California. Long before getting this report early in 2018, I had concluded that at least some modern pterosaurs in the United States navigate by following stream beds or storm channels. . 6. What you believe the creature was: Pterodactyl. 1968), American science educator, environmental scientist, and cryptozoology skeptic. Name: Darrell Ashley. Discover for yourself these amazing yet true stories and why they are usually absent from news headlines. 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 . Yes, some scientists believe that a limited number of species of pterosaurs have survived into modern times. . . Its tail, which I could see clearly, was straight and had a diamond shape on the end. 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). For sighting #1, in the words of an eyewitness, "It turned its head and looked right at me". my girlfriend has 20-20 vision and she told a few minutes later that it had lights on it. Playing Badminton Alone With the Wind, Video: Fact DMart 20th Anniversary Celebration Free Gifts: Scam. The pterodactyl was as long as a bus, as it flew up into the mountains above Altadena. . it turned around and it stood still in the air, it was flapping its wings while it was there. ThatsdumbDoit 2 yr. ago. . Yesterday, so the 13th of May 2013. It had small things in the middle of the wings that could have been claws, according to the eyewitness, who reported the sighting on a musicians forum within hours of the encounter. Pterosaur Eyewitness Group Support PEGS. Protect Animal Life 1.54K subscribers These four sighting reports of modern pterosaurs in California have perhaps never before been featured in a Youtube video. With many photos, this is an online map of what is probably the oldest modern-pterosaur site ever published: Pterosaurs Still Living. Apparently this is a genuine photo of a modern pterosaur, what some call the Civil War pterodactyl photo, although it was actually recorded AFTER the American Civil War. . That one example, my sister and her friend, is hardly an adequate sampling, of course, but I have had hundreds of eyewitness sighting reports sent to me by Americans who have seen these flying creatures, and some of them know someone else who has had a similar encounter. . Those two encounters, however, were in different years and with different eyewitnesses. Altadena, California (north of Pasadena) about 1968. .. Lets consider what the eyewitnesses say,in their ownwords. Tim Dinsdale (1924-1987), Loch Ness Monster researcher [6] Jonathan Downes (b. The most recent sighting had been just fifteen days earlier, between Griffith Park and Glendale. Reports of Living Pterosaurs in the Southwest Pacific gives you a better look at the ropen of Papua New Guinea. 0. Thats why my associates and I continue to work in the realm of cryptozoology, using whatever knowledge is available. 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. A transformation in thinking about modern pterosaurs. . [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]. The Plesiosauria (/ p l i s i s r i ,-z i-/; Greek: , plesios, meaning "near to" and sauros, meaning "lizard") or Plesiosaurs are an order or clade of extinct Mesozoic marine reptiles, belonging to the Sauropterygia.. Plesiosaurs first appeared in the latest Triassic Period, possibly in the Rhaetian stage, about 203 million years ago. Lets begin with a list of some of the benefits available to young readers, for this is for kids and teenagers: To the best of my knowledge, this is the first nonfiction book ever published (on this subject) which was written for children and teenagers. The moon had already gone behind the trees, by the middle of that night a week ago Monday, so Mr. In 1992, a number of Pterodactyl sightings were reported in Brazil, one that nearly collided with a commuter plane. . . ), Chapter 2: Sightings of Pterosaurs in California. Instead, we are left with mere amazing accounts and a handful of poor photos. The video is titled A confession about a pterodactyl and gives my account of an ironic twist in my life: from a severe skeptic to a firm believer in modern pterosaurs. Credibility verified by Whitcomb, but limited. 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). She was following a friend who was driving in a car ahead (the second woman did not notice anything, for the apparent pterosaur had flown behind that second car). But after publishing many web pages about living pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea, I received emails and phone calls from eyewitnesses: sightings in California, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland-Virginia border, Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas, and Washington State. . I was [shocked] by the head crest and the wings. I had to resist a powerful urge to confine that word source within quotation marks, where the dubious are often detained. We did have three sightings of a flying light. Laura Dean, who encountered a huge flying creature in Central Arkansas in the spring of 2012. . Reportedly, some people from the middle of the 20th century saw the first, original photograph; long before digital Photoshop/image processing was generally available. . It was around October of 2008, just weeks after the two better-known sightings near Winder. My principal Youtube channel for videos about modern living pterosaurs is Protect Animal Life. . . . This scientific paper, peer-reviewed in a journal of science years ago, is briefly featured in this video . . Pterodactyl is the common word many people use to describe to two famous pterosaurs of the Mesozoic Era: Pteranodon and Pterodactylus. They each had a distinct neck between body and head, that was more narrow and clearly visible. . Post Your Fave Pics . While many experts believe the drawing is a bird, the beak, head prominence, wings, and legs also look very much like those of a pterosaur. small creatures, generally resembling small male humans who appear when people open doors without knocking, causing hallucinations of various acts to appear in the victims head. No photos were taken but three-toed, 8-inch tracks were found in Harlingen. Long live modern pterosaurs! . . How many persons have seen a living pterosaur? . . The total number of clear sightings of modern pterosaurs, during the 20th century, appears to be at least in the hundreds of thousands . Los Angeles River, just northeast of downtown L.A. . 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]. I was fishing for crappie April, 2020, at Lake Isabella an hour above Bakersfield Calif. 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). 'Pterodactyl' Sightings in New York, Pennsylvania & Maryland "My wife has told me a story of when she was backpacking around 1988 in the Adirondacks of upstate New York. Pterosaurs were not dinosaurs, but a family of large flying reptiles ("pterosaur" means "winged lizard") that includes the pterodactyl and Pteranodon. 3. Michael Slack, of Roswell, New Mexico watched the flying creature both through the eyepiece and by direct observation. It was gliding across the telescopes field of view, which was at low magnification for finding the Andromeda Nebula. Here are some more modern accounts: While other reports of pterosaur-like creatures have come out of Arizona, Mexico and Crete, it is out of central Africa that some of the most interesting anecdotes have come. While traveling through Zambia in 1923, Frank H. Melland collected reports from natives of an aggressive flying reptile they called kongamoto, which means "overwhelmer of boats." spent a night watching the sky . WHERE ARE YOU???. You deserve. If only a few thousands of Americans had encounters, I we would not see so many reports that included references to other eyewitnesses who also had sightings. FRESNO, July 31. Apparent relationship to a Rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur, By the living-pterosaur investigator Jonathan Whitcomb. . Report it safely and privately here:https://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/contact-WhitcombRead the terms and conditions (legal):https://protect-animal-life.com/terms-and-conditions/ COLUMN: UFO sighting stats show a focus on Baker County. Some of the publications listed are these: On the verge of the most astonishing discovery in the history of biology . It was in upstate New York and no one believes me. [Comment made, around February of 2017, on an online post: Dinosaur Sightings: Are Dinosaurs Still Alive Today in Africa?], Other Pterodactyl Encounters While Driving. For eyewitnesses of apparent living pterosaurs, The following are some of the *more-recently received sighting reports of modern pterosaurs in the USA. 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) . with a head-body-tail ratio that was certainly not that of a bird. O'Donnell (2006), Gerhard (2007), and a few others relate still other sightings China, Scotland, and Vietnam. I know of three cases in which a person has seen a frigatebird [a large bird of tropical areas], or a photo or video of that kind of oceanic bird, and thought it was a living pterosaur (or at least he put forward the idea that it was a non-extinct pterosaur). Photograph of Worlds First Robot: Fact Check. This is a short cryptozoology book, not about religion but about eyewitness sightings of apparent living pterosaurs. Except for its size, this flying creature resembles the ropen seen flying into the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in Orange County, California, in 2007. Eleven sighting reports of ropens, a.k.a. This is a Youtube channel trailer video for Protect Animal Life, with brief excerpts from seven living-pterosaur videos, out of about 170 total videos on this channel, almost all of which relate to pterodactyl sightings . . . Sometimes an eyewitness will remain quiet about seeing a live pterodactyl until he or she learns that a friend or member of the family has also seen such a flying creature. he saw something like a Pteranodon, with bat-like wings but a wingspan of about 8-10 feet and a head that he estimated was four feet long.. News releases on pterodactyls That just sounds like a mental illness. Hodgkinson was interviewed by the cryptozoologist Garth Guessman, while being videotaped, in Montana in 2005. . [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]. In the United States, we have been taught since early childhood that all such creatures became extinct many millions of years ago. 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