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). Its bat-like skin was a dark tannish color. The creature had thick black, leathery skin, a beak full of sharp teeth, long talons for feet, and membrane-like wings that spanned 10 feet, 7 inches, by their measure. . A great number of the encounters with pterodactyls have been in these states: Alguna vez viste un pterosaurio? (*The encounters themselves may be older.). 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. it didnt look like a bird . The wingspan was the length of the water trough, six feet, and it was at least four foot tall.. In Texas, there were reports of pterosaurs in Harlingen in 1976, San Antonio in 1976 and Los Fresnos in !982. ***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 . . Seventeen sighting reports are featured: modern pterosaurs around the world: Italy, Africa, Spain, England, Cuba, United States, and Papua New Guinea. That didnt strike me as right so I asked her if she was sure and she said they werent lights exactly, but that the wings had a glow or reflection. I had to resist a powerful urge to confine that word source within quotation marks, where the dubious are often detained. The primary foundation for belief in scriptures, and belief in the literal ark of Noah, is in faith. No photos were taken but three-toed, 8-inch tracks were found in Harlingen. I suggest there are limited exceptions to the rule that ropens use storm channels and stream beds to fly along at night. . Its almost always while one or more eyewitnesses are outside. Yesterday, so the 13th of May 2013. I sit on my living room couch and talk to the camera. . Ive communicated with only a few paleontologists over the past eleven years of my investigation. Name: Darrell Ashley. . [One of the sightings in this video was in Altadena, California, in the late 1960s, close to Pasadena; another sighting was in Irvine, California], Living-Pterosaur Videos on the Youtube Channel Protect Animal Life. Sightings; Podcast; Toys. The story is not taken seriously by many researchers today, but it corresponds loosely with a story about a Thunderbird that was allegedly shot in the same area in 1886 and dragged into town to be photographed. However, I notice that it had pointed wings and a long tail that was skinny and had a pointed shape at the end of it like a triangle or something . 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. . Yet a pictograph found high on a cliff face near Thompson, Utah seems to show just that. . 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. But why is it reported to live in many areas of the planet? [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]. 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. This book shows courage to continue the search. My new nonfiction is for middle-grade children and many (but not all) teenagers: The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur. . This was not one of those [larger birds that may live around the area]. Music video: living pterosaurs in California. The person may not be aware of his or her own assumptions about me and my writings and my small online video productions, probably having only very limited experience with them. I was fishing at a gravel pit in Heyworth, IL and the dawn had just [broken]. 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. In case of both the photographs, some people suggested the creature could be a Thunderbird mentioning some such sightings. In 1925, a native man was allegedly attacked by a creature that he identified as a pterosaur. But with the recent sightings, it may make people wonder if some are still alive. Another fascinating tale of a pterosaur literally coming out of stone dates back to 1856 in France. Was there a head crest? I saw one years ago on the East Hawaii Big Island side. [near Maryland-Virginia border], Live Pterosaurs in America, third edition, by Whitcomb. 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. The pterosaur was in perfect silhouette, wings outstretched, distinctive head in full view, pad on the tail. Some of the publications listed are these: On the verge of the most astonishing discovery in the history of biology . Amateur footage appears to capture extinct reptile flying over Ohio. It glided through the air with its wings in an arched position. 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 . The most recent sighting had been just fifteen days earlier, between Griffith Park and Glendale. Old Photograph of Pteranodon Taken During Civil War, Old Photograph of Pteranodon Taken During Civil War: Fact Check. Thunderbird is a term in cryptozoology for describing large, bird-like creatures; generally identified as legendary creature of Native American tradition. . Did not notice if it had a tail or not 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, Patty Carsons sketch of the ropen she saw. Two pterosaursightings in Los Angeles, in 2013, have caused a stir, being ten weeks apart and the second one being just a mile and a half south of the first one. For sighting #1, in the words of an eyewitness, It turned its head and looked right at me. I call my young channel PAL and here list its seventeen public videos [as of July 31, 2019; there are now more] that are mainly about living pterosaurs . I was fishing for crappie April, 2020, at Lake Isabella an hour above Bakersfield Calif. These are dragons who lived in the carboniferous age, but who forgot to get petrified . . It seems that considering the history of sightings of pterodactyl and mini T. rex type dinosaurs going back all the way to the Wild West days, as well as the number of reports over such a large area, that we would have found at least something. The Western dogma of universal pterosaur extinction is on its way out, soon to become extinct itself. it looked like a huge bird, it was gliding in the air . 2. . 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." The problem with science is that we think we know it all and that is far from reality. 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]. Web Dinosaurs are running rampant all around California Washington and Oregon as well as Nevada and Utah so if you live in those states expect to see them. The species lived in the same location as several other hominins, but were much larger in body size. . An old photograph surfacing online quite often is said to show the extinct creature Pteranodon shot by a group of soldiers during Civil War posing around it. A few days ago (early in May of 2019), I uploaded a video to the Youtube channel Protect Animal Life. 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. . Flying northeast at about 4:00 p.m. 13. 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. For sighting #1, in the words of an eyewitness, \"It turned its head and looked right at me\".From Jonathan Whitcomb, executive director for 'Animal Discovery': \"I highly recommend the following Youtube playlist, especially if you are new to this channel\": \"Live Pterodactyl - Ropen Global uploads\" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc-RuKvZviU\u0026list=PLbrGHtcHOcPxEMnQuhURGFL_7EugMDKZVTry watching the following additional mini-documentaries on this channel: \"Flying Dinosaurs in Kansas - Pterodactyl Sightings\" https://youtu.be/lkANkrWI2yk(length = 2:26)Sightings of modern pterosaurs in KansasDescription:According to the cryptozoologist Jonathan Whitcomb, many persons have seen an apparent living pterosaur in Kansas, yet only a small minority of those eyewitnesses have contacted him. \"Modern Dragon - Pterodactyls Almost Everywhere\" https://youtu.be/wUShxkJZVFs(length = 3:06)A brief introduction to pterodactyl sightings worldwideDescription:The long-tailed nocturnal ropen is found worldwide, and some eyewitnesses call it a dragon. Location of sighting: Lansing, Illinois. . Reportedly, some people from the middle of the 20th century saw the first, original photograph; long before digital Photoshop/image processing was generally available. . 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. . Those numbers fit well with the following three factors: If many more persons had significant sightings, like many millions of Americans, these flying creatures would have been discovered before now and I would be swamped by eyewitness reports. In the summer of 1891, southeast of Fresno, several eyewitnesses reported two featherless flying creatures with wingspans of fifteen feet . Message: " I was 17 in 1968 when I was going to my neighbor's house in late spring or early summer. 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. My dog Ember was with me. two dragons. Pterosaurs in Griffith Park and Other Areas in So. ., I found this book very interesting. . my girlfriend has 20-20 vision and she told a few minutes later that it had lights on it. In the summer of 1891, southeast of Fresno, several eyewitnesses reported two featherless flying creatures with wingspans of fifteen feet . Discover for yourself these amazing yet true stories and why they are usually absent from news headlines. I also assumed that the few reports that I had readapparent pterosaurs in some of the 48 Stateswere of a few stragglers from Central America. 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]. . Garth Guessman also lectured on living pterosaurs (2007, in California). . many similarities exist with these flying creatures that are seen by eyewitnesses across many areas of the planet. 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. andI had to move on. . 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. 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. 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. For sighting #1, in the words of an eyewitness, "It turned its head and looked right at me". At least one report seems to have been about a ropen. 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. They navigate by them and find food in them. When shown illustrations of pterosaurs, Melland reported, the natives identified them as most resembling kongamoto. Not one of those sightings was very far from a storm channel or stream bed. . This is more obvious in some of the many reports from Southern California, not that a flying creature always needs to be directly over such a structure on the ground, in order to use it for navigation. . . In this video, I get into a sighting in Altadena, California, in about the year 1969. Reflector Series COLUMN: UFO sighting stats show a focus on Baker County. I was driving a car alone, on my way to pick up my sister. Modesto California Likes: +2,039. Unlike many sightings, this was was not reported to me (Jonathan Whitcomb) but to fellow members of a musicians forum. . 4. 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. We did have three sightings of a flying light. Just before noon, on June 19, 2012, in her backyard in Lakewood, California,[the anonymous lady]clearly saw, at a close distance, what impressed her as a dragon-pterodactyl. It had no feathers but the tail she estimated at about six feet long. Where does that lead? 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. Its tail, which I could see clearly, was straight and had a diamond shape on the end. Yet these featherless flying creatures have been encountered in other areas of the United States, including California. . . For many years, researchers and explorers have seen indirect evidence that some modern pterosaurs (a.k.a. This has a different format than the other videos that I uploaded to my Youtube channel Protect Animal Life, although its a common style on Youtube. A pond in the wildlife sanctuary near the sighting area (2007), Many Living Pterosaur Sightings in the United States. . . 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. [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. 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 . Website sfrfg.com reports extensive research on the apparent Pterosaur photograph. 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. 1968), American science educator, environmental scientist, and cryptozoology skeptic. . 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. . . Available on Amazon and from some other online retailers, At 154 pages, it is filled with detailed eyewitness testimonies of living pterosaurs in the United States of America, Highly rated, by readers, in its first and second editions, Published by Createspace (associated with and supported by Amazon), "Am I Crazy" on Youtube | | Live Pterosaur, Overview of the Evolution Boundary Experiment. Take it in context: forty-one reported encounters in California. Date of sighting: Summer of 1968. On March 18, 2013, I compared eight sighting reports of apparent pterosaurs in Southern California. . 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 She estimated that it had a 20 foot wingspan. . In both cases, the "dragon" (or "pterodactyl") was near a storm channel. By the reckoning of one source, the area around Baker City is something of a focal point for UFO sightings. What you believe the creature was: Pterodactyl. It was huge and the only thing I can compare it to is a dinosaur. It was Fox TV/Universal Studio prop used to promote a Television series called FreakyLinks, produced by Haxan Films at the beginning of the 21st century. . . A few days ago (early in May of 2019), I uploaded a video to the Youtube channel Protect Animal Life. Introduction to the work in cryptozoology by Jonathan Whitcomb. The April 25, 1890, edition of the Tombstone Epitaph ran a story of two Arizona ranchers who claimed to have chased on horseback a flying monster "resembling a huge alligator with an extremely elongated tail and an immense pair of wings." We now consider the third sighting (perhaps not yet covered anywhere else). Youtube playlist Pterodactyl Sightings in California. What a surprise awaits you at the end of this video! . . The refer the apparent Pteranodon to modern pterosaur and the photograph as Ptp. (The third edition, only in print format, was published in 2011. 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. 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