Many states of the U.S.A. have eyewitnesses of flying pterodactyls, more properly called “pterosaurs.” Lately Georgia has been a hot spot state for sightings, to be precise in Towns County and in Loganville.
Other areas in Georgia where people have seen the flying creatures in recent years include the towns of Canton, Lithonia, and Franklin, and a highway between Winder and Athens.
Sighting in Franklin, Georgia
A lady and her two sons were driving on Highway 27, at about 8:15 am, on July 18, 2012, when they saw a “flyin dinosaur.” After yelling at her boys to look at it, she heard confirmation from her older son: It was a pterodactyl. As it glided across the road, they could see that it had a long tail.
Sighting in Northern Georgia
In Towns County, northern Georgia, David Schroder has had two sightings within the past few years. His July 2010 encounter was with two flying creatures with wingspans possibly as great at twenty feet. The man’s wife also witnessed them.
“They had a tail of sorts, it looked like it was maybe 1/4 the length of the body and had something on the end that was a little bigger than the tail itself. The body of the birds looked to be a dark gray.”
Schroder also has stated:
“To me, this is wonderful news, something that should be celebrated, and of course studied within the scientific community . . . I would think that even the slightest possibility of these birds still existing would make every paleontologist in the world as giddy as a school child, but it is avoided as though it were a plague. This amazes me to no limits. This is why I am attempting to aid in their discovery being accepted, because they are real.”
Pterosaur Sightings in Georgia, USA
Both birds had what I can only guess to be 15-20′ wing spans and the motion of their wings as they flew was very slow. The head was long and ended in a point, wings ended in a point and appeared to be featherless
She told me what made her yell out loud: It was the tail; she looked up at a “very long” tail that had a strange shape at the end.
The dark gray flying creature had a long tail but no neck was visible. The woman said, “I don’t remember seeing feets . . . just its long tail, wings, n kinda long face.” She was directed to many photos of Frigate birds, but she was sure that what she and her oldest son had seen was nothing like any of those birds.
Reports of living “pterodactyls” in Georgia, during the past seven years, probably relate to sightings of some flying creatures in South Carolina and Florida, according to author Jonathan Whitcomb, of California.
Advertisement:
Nonfiction cryptozoology book, third edition: Live Pterosaurs in America
From an Amazon.com book review of the second edition:
I remember stumbling on this subject (cryptozoology, living dinosaurs, extinct animals) in recent years. I always find myself fascinated by the subject. I remember hearing stories for the first time. . . .
I highly recommend this. You may find yourself almost believing in it, although that is not even the authors intent! Whitcomb painstakingly reviews every account for credibility and reason. This man is not a crank. He tries to weed out would be hoaxes and miss-identification. This is not a guy looking to create evidence to confirm his own beliefs. . . .
Now, if the creature exists, it could be more close to home than currently imagined. Yes, it as a lot to take in. My first thought about these creatures was, “Well, I guess it could be possible because new guinea is very secluded and actually one of the few remaining lost worlds”. Whitcomb will have you suspending disbelief again as he shares his collection of personal accounts from Americans. . . .
If you are interested in reading about this subject, this is definitely the book to get . . . I like how the author is not out to prove every story in the book and takes great care to make sure he has the best ones. He tries hard to make sure there are not other explanations for sightings. . . .
I do believe the author tried hard to deliver these stories and was very good at it. This is well written and very hard to put down.
Parts of two Amazon reviews of the latest third edition of the book:
“Opens Minds and Questions Indoctrination”
Whitcomb does a thorough job questioning indoctrination and the close-mindedness of the Western world. . . . mind-opening, to say the least. . . . The passion that Whitcomb and the pterosaur witnesses feel about these investigations make this book a great read and keep the pages turning. If you are prepared to question the indoctrination society has imposed on you since childhood, you are ready for Live Pterosaurs in America.
“Live Pterosaurs in America”
This book is one of the best books that I have ever read! . . . a very interesting and educational book . . . may change the way you see the world around you.
A mother was driving with her two sons, on a highway around Franklin, Georgia, on July 18, 2012, when they were shocked to see a “flying dinosaur.” It was low enough that the woman was sure that it was not just a large bird. Her older son called it a “pterodactyl.”
The dark gray flying creature had a long tail but no neck was visible. The woman said, “I don’t remember seeing feets . . . just its long tail, wings, n kinda long face.” She was directed to many photos of Frigate birds, but she was sure that what she and her oldest son had seen was nothing like any of those birds.
Another Pterosaur Sighting in Georgia (the same encounter as above)
(Question): Did it have a tail? (Answer): Yes it it had a tail, a long one.
(Question): Was the creature flapping its wings or just gliding? (Answer): It was just gliding across [the] road . . .
Pterodactyl Sightings While Driving
A considerable portion of pterosaur sightings occur while driving.
From the Cryptozoology Book Live Pterosaurs in America
Late in the summer of 2008, I received an email from a lady who lives in Winder, Georgia. She seems to have had the rare privilege of observing two pterosaurs, apparently different individuals of the same species, on two different days. . . .
. . . an animal suddenly flew from the right, just over the front of her car. Although alone, she yelled, “What the — what — what is that?”
She told me what made her yell out loud: It was the tail; she looked up at a “very long” tail that had a strange shape at the end. She later sent me some sketches (she is a professional artist but has not given me permission to publish the sketches), one of them showing a thick almost-heart-shape at the end of the tail . . .
Highway near Winder, Georgia
Advertisement:
Live Pterosaurs in America by Jonathan Whitcomb (third edition)
FIVE STARS
From the Live Pterosaurs in America Amazon book review “Oddly Fascinating” by stevie:
This is an updated review of the book and I am changing my rating to 5 stars. This book has been on my shelf for almost a year now. I pick it up every now and then and a part of me becomes more impressed by the book every time. . . .
Admittedly, my main interest in the subject is based in romanticism. However, it is apparent that these pterosaur stories will not go away. . . . I always find myself fascinated by the subject. . . .
You may find yourself almost believing in it, although that is not even the authors intent! Whitcomb painstakingly reviews every account for credibility and reason. This man is not a crank. He tries to weed out would be hoaxes and miss-identification. This is not a guy looking to create evidence to confirm his own beliefs. . . .
If you are interested in reading about this subject, this is definitely the book to get….because there are almost none other out there. All levity aside, this author has really done a lot of work researching this issue. . . .
I do believe the author tried hard to deliver these stories and was very good at it. This is well written and very hard to put down.
The second edition of Live Pterosaurs in America, by Jonathan Whitcomb, mentions two pterosaur sightings in the U.S. state of Georgia, two weeks apart, late in the summer of 2008. The anonymous eyewitness, a lady who often drives through rural Georgia, said that the first sighting was soon after the area was hit hard by tropical storm Fay. Whitcomb believes that may be significant, that the creatures are normally nocturnal.
Commuting to work, she usually drives into the morning sun, with the car visor down, but it was unnecessary on August 27. She had driven less than ten miles, just leaving an area of pasture, entering an area of thick woods, around a mild downhill curve, with high banks and brush on each side of the road, when an animal suddenly flew from the right, just over the front of her car.
She told me what made her yell out loud: It was the tail; she looked up at a “very long” tail that had a strange shape at the end. She later sent me some sketches (she is a professional artist but has not given me permission to publish the sketches), one of them showing a thick almost-heart-shape at the end of the tail; it differs from the usual “diamond” shape suggested by some eyewitnesses, but I believe this creature is related to the others.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
Advertisement
Live Pterosaurs in America, second edition, by Jonathan David Whitcomb (published late in 2010)
From a reader of the first edition of this nonfiction cryptozoology book:
“This seems to be the author’s second book on the subject, and this one is worth the effort. He has focused on the accounts of witnesses who saw something, and that adds credibility. The writing is easy to read and he adds comments and analysis to make it all more useful. Mostly, the author lets the sightings speak for themselves, which is good. A worthwhile book.” (Red Rabbit, Cleveland, Ohio; Amazon.com book review for the first edition of Live Pterosaurs in America) (The reviewer is probably aware of the first book by Whitcomb: Searching for Ropens)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________