Searching for Ropens and Finding God- exciting newsabout sightings of modern pterosaurs worldwidePapua New Guinea The independent nation of Papua New Guinea (called by natives "Piugini") is north of Australia and includes the eastern side of one of the largest islands in the world: the island of New Guinea. How does this relate to live pterodactyls? These islands seem to have more reports of apparent living pterosaurs than other areas of the world. On Umboi Island, the ropen has been seen by hundreds of natives and a number of Western visitors, including an Australian who once worked as a government official on Umboi. The great majority of sightings, however, areof a brief flying light at night. In the earlierhours of the night, it flies from a mountainto a reef; in later hours of the night, it is morelikely to fly from a reef to a mountain, althoughexceptions can involve flights from one moun-tain to another. A few sightings are of a largewinged creature that glows brightly. Copyright 2009, 2014 Jonathan D. WhitcombLive PterodactylJonathan Whitcomb on Umboi Island in2004 (Papua New Guinea expedition)Two ropen expeditions in2004 resulted in many eyewitness interviews bythree Americans and theirinterpreters, on UmboiIsland. But why is PapuaNew Guinea importantto the living-pterosaurresearch? Many othersightings have beenreported around theworld. This is whereinvestigations began.Pterodactyl Expeditions Major ropen expeditions have been in 1994, 1996, 2002, 2004 (two), 2006, 2007, and 2009 by Carl Baugh, Paul Nation, Jacob Kepas, Jim Blume, Jonathan D. Whitcomb, David Woetzel, Garth Guessman, and by members of two television adventure shows: Destination Truth and Monsterquest. According to the third edition of the nonfiction Searching for Ropens and Finding God, “Later I learned that a hungry ropen doesn’t always wait for a funeral. I phoned Carl Baugh, founder of the Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose, Texas, who had visited Papua New Guinea to investigate the ropen stories. He told me about an old man, crippled with cancer in about 1995, who was attacked by one of the creatures. In daylight, in a village near the city of Lae, thirty eyewitnesses saw the creature carry the man into the air, then drop him. This happened three times before the creature finally carried off the body to eat it.” Pure nonfiction cryptozoology: Live Pterosaurs in AmericaCryptozoology/religion/science
Live Pterodactyl
Jonathan Whitcomb on Umboi Island in
2004 (Papua New Guinea expedition)
Two ropen expeditions in
2004 resulted in many
eyewitness interviews by
three Americans and their
interpreters, on Umboi
Island. But why is Papua
New Guinea important
to the living-pterosaur
research? Many other
sightings have been
reported around the
world. This is where
investigations began.
Pterodactyl Expeditions
Major ropen expeditions have been in 1994, 1996,
2002, 2004 (two), 2006, 2007, and 2009 by Carl Baugh,
Paul Nation, Jacob Kepas, Jim Blume, Jonathan D.
Whitcomb, David Woetzel, Garth Guessman, and
by members of two television adventure shows:
Destination Truth and Monsterquest.
According to the third edition of the nonfiction
Searching for Ropens and Finding God, “Later I
learned that a hungry ropen doesn’t always wait
for a funeral. I phoned Carl Baugh, founder of the
Creation Evidence Museum in Glen Rose, Texas,
who had visited Papua New Guinea to investigate
the ropen stories. He told me about an old man,
crippled with cancer in about 1995, who was
attacked by one of the creatures. In daylight, in a
village near the city of Lae, thirty eyewitnesses
saw the creature carry the man into the air, then
drop him. This happened three times before the
creature finally carried off the body to eat it.”
Pure nonfiction cryptozoology: Live Pterosaurs in America
Cryptozoology/religion/science
