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(The third edition, only in print format, was published in 2011. ### . ***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 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. Observed in full daylight Jonathan Whitcomb introduces excerpts from a number of Youtube videos about modern pterosaur sightings. [near Maryland-Virginia border], Live Pterosaurs in America, third edition, by Whitcomb. How many of those potentially hundreds of persons would have trusted my sister enough to tell her about seeing a live pterodactyl? Definitely a lot less than a thousand. We each draw our own conclusions about these amazing flying creatures, yet we agree on many things. Discover for yourself these amazing yet true stories and why they are usually absent from news headlines. . The creature, which was dark gray or black, had no feathers; he was sure it was featherless. . . . described the ropen-like creature: about 30 feet long, with a straight tail 15-16 feet long. Reports of Living Pterosaurs in the Southwest Pacific gives you a better look at the ropen of Papua New Guinea. Playing Badminton Alone With the Wind, Video: Fact DMart 20th Anniversary Celebration Free Gifts: Scam. . . 7. Old Photograph of Pteranodon Taken During Civil War, Old Photograph of Pteranodon Taken During Civil War: Fact Check. No photos were taken but three-toed, 8-inch tracks were found in Harlingen. Only two feet awaythats how close the creature was (horizontally)to the concrete wall of the channel. . . Cryptozoologists who specialize in investigating eyewitness reports of pterodactys, generally refer to all modern long-tailed pterosaurs with the name ropen.. Why a pterodactyl sighting should be reported, The Van Meter Visitor and the Gun Shots. Number of witnesses: 1. . . . . . . My new nonfiction is for middle-grade children and many (but not all) teenagers: The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur. . Lake Isabella in California - pterodactyl or ropen sighting near here Large flying creature in California I was fishing for crappie April, 2020, at Lake Isabella an hour above Bakersfield Calif. cryptids of the Vatican. Yet a pictograph found high on a cliff face near Thompson, Utah seems to show just that. These four sighting reports of modern pterosaurs in California have perhaps never before been featured in a Youtube video. . Three of my neighbors also did. In the United States, we have been taught since early childhood that all such creatures became extinct many millions of years ago. 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. Experts now say that it was a ropen. But why is it reported to live in many areas of the planet? . As mentioned in the Cryptomundo website cryptomundo.com, the second photograph in fact shows a Prop of Pteranodon and some guys dressed in Civil War costumes to enact and imitate the old photograph. O'Donnell (2006), Gerhard (2007), and a few others relate still other sightings China, Scotland, and Vietnam. . Sandra Paradise has seen a long-tailed flying creature at least three times during the past four years. Altadena, California (north of Pasadena) - about 1968 The "pterodactyl" was as long as a bus, as it flew up into the mountains above Altadena. For sighting #1, in the. 7. By the reckoning of one source, the area around Baker City is something of a focal point for UFO sightings. . . In case of both the photographs, some people suggested the creature could be a Thunderbird - mentioning some such sightings. No feathers,and the wings were pointed and never flapped. . . . I read a comment left under one of the videos on my Youtube channel Protect Animal Life. Anyway, Im driving behind a man who is driving a mini-van . . Pterodactyl with a Pee Well-Known Member. Lets consider what the eyewitnesses say,in their ownwords. . We were chatting when we saw this bird? * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *NEWS: On February 2, 2022, the cryptozoology author and producer Jonathan Whitcomb recommended the following videos and said, \"Please watch at least two of them\".Pterosaur Sightings in 2020https://youtu.be/j9Glj0J-_YAPterodactyl Tries Attackinghttps://youtu.be/DH992ZtK4XcCalifornia Desert Flying Creaturehttps://youtu.be/1dXXRFRi3KUDragon in Los Angeles? Principal focus of this study is the nocturnal flight dynamics, vision (electro-optical systems analysis) and the general physical characterization of the animal in flight, level and at angle-of-attack. This is a short cryptozoology book, not about religion but about eyewitness sightings of apparent living pterosaurs. 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. Thunderbird is a term in cryptozoology for describing large, bird-like creatures; generally identified as legendary creature . Ive communicated with only a few paleontologists over the past eleven years of my investigation. When shown illustrations of pterosaurs, Melland reported, the natives identified them as most resembling kongamoto. . It glided through the air with its wings in an arched position. Home; Products. I did see its head crest and the. . Several paranormal researchers claim to recall seeing that photo, but don't know where, and the photo has not been seen since. Original Civil War Pterosaur Photograph. . An amateur astronomer, standing outside hisNew Mexico home, about 140 miles west of Lubbock, Texas, saw an apparent bioluminescent nocturnal pterosaur on September 1, 2014. . . How many persons have seen a living pterosaur? 13. and there was a huge flying bird-like animal above us. . I was fishing at a gravel pit in Heyworth, IL and the dawn had just [broken]. it was a really clear night cuzz it had rained the day before. The point is this: pterosaurs still living. Most of them have been in the United States. What a surprise awaits you at the end of this video! 5. Name: Darrell Ashley. . 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. Seventeen sighting reports are featured: modern pterosaurs around the world: Italy, Africa, Spain, England, Cuba, United States, and Papua New Guinea. . But with the recent sightings, it may make people wonder if some are still alive. . (Por Jonathan Whitcomb, un experto en pterosaurios vivos), Pterosaur sighting while driving in Raleigh, North Carolina. They were the largest creatures to ever attain flight. 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. I can only describe . Eyewitnesses from around the world testify of the featherless flying creatures that they have observed, unlike any bat and obviously not any bird. 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 . I just want to report a sighting of a pterodactyl-looking animal. Reportedly, some people from the middle of the 20th century saw the first, original photograph; long before digital Photoshop/image processing was generally available. 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]. 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. . Despite their appearance, they were not related to birds and were highly successful flyers that might have dined on fish and insects. [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]. This will be the fourth edition of Live Pterosaurs in America, to be published first in ebook format. . If pterosaurs really died out with the dinosaurs and their fossil remains were not first discovered until 1784, then a depiction of one could not possibly exist in an ancient rock carving. Modesto California Likes: +2,142. . My dog Ember was with me. The second one was led by David Woetzel and Garth Guessman, with Jacob Kepas interpreting. In this video of the PAL channel (Protect Animal Life) get the testimony of the World War II veteran Duane Hodgkinson and two natives in Papua New Guinea. \"Worldwide Ropens - Pterodactyls Almost Everywhere\" https://youtu.be/ghhICIhjW44(length = 4:28)A number of eyewitnesses are mentioned, including Duane Hodgkinson, Candace Worman, and Jonathan ArcherDescription:The large nocturnal long-tailed featherless flying creature called \"ropen\"that apparent pterodactyl is observed worldwide, in many nations of the earth. As of mid-2022, this channel (Protect Animal Life) has well over 200 active videos on these amazing featherless flying creatures, and the following are just a sampling three videos: Pterodactyl Sightings flying creatures around the world. Tim Dinsdale (1924-1987), Loch Ness Monster researcher [6] Jonathan Downes (b. 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. . 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. I was driving along on I-540 in Raleigh at sundown tonight . We now consider the third sighting (perhaps not yet covered anywhere else). . 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. 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. Several more have been reported from Texas and here is an interview with Scott Norman about his Pterodactyl sighting in California State. Living pterosaurs or misidentified birds? Was there a head crest? What is it? a 38-year-old woman saw what she at first called a dragon pteradactal. The featherless winged creature was sitting on a telephone cable above her backyard, on June 19, 2012 . Even more shocking was the ropen sighting near the University of California at Irvine, in 2007, for that modern pterosaur was gigantic: 30 feet long. 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). 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. A limited species of pterosaurs still live in this wonderful world of life, but human nature in Western cultures has remained mainly the same for a long time. Thats when some of the media in that area responded to my press release. Although its not covered in this video, one thing Ive learned about living pterosaurs is that sightings are not nearly as rare as people would suppose. Not one of those sightings was very far from a storm channel or stream bed. Sightings; Podcast; Toys. '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. . Yet these featherless flying creatures have been encountered in other areas of the United States, including California. [Pterodactyl Sightings Flying Creatures NOT extinct]. By clicking Accept All Cookies, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. Now we have an eyewitness in northern Alabama who saw two of the flying creatures chasing a bat at around 5:30 a.m., in the spring of 2020. How many Americans now living have seen a modern pterosaur? Their wings were long, angular and pointed and their tails had triangular points. The dragon pterodactyl surprised the lady, to put it mildly, as she gazed at the huge winged creature that sat perched on the telephone cable over the storm canal at the back of the backyard. Whitcomb (2014) relates additional sightings of supposed pterosaurs in other countries, including England, Spain, Netherlands, Mexico, and Canada. None of us had a clear view of the ropen, at least not clear enough to see any details of form or features. 1959), British cryptozoologist and founder of the Centre for Fortean Zoology [39] Rick Dyer, American businessman and Bigfoot hoaxer [12] [40] John H. Duffy (b. My sighting took place last night, 12/19/2016. 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 . . . At first I thought it was a vulture. Pterosaurs were not dinosaurs, but a family of large flying reptiles ("pterosaur" means "winged lizard") that includes the pterodactyl and Pteranodon. Over the years, many people questioned the authenticity of both the photograph and the creature (Pteranodon). In addition, the flying creature was only seven or eight feet off the ground. There was traffic and we were all going about 30 mph. The fourth edition of SFRFG mentions this encounter in Raleigh, North Carolina, and says, The many hundreds of comments on this encounter, some positive but mostly negative, deserve attention, yet not here. Its time to dive into some of those details. The animals are also called "pterodactyls" or even "flying dinosaurs" or "dinosaur birds". . 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? 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