“I heard a loud whooshing noise moving in the air . . . I saw a huge
pterodactyl. It circled my house . . . turned its head and looked at me. I can't
believe more peoploe don't report seeing them. . . . I got a good look at it
and . . . I was scared. . . . This is something that people don't talk about too
much." The wingspan she estimated at 16-20 feet.
Umboi Island in Papua New Guinea
On the northern coast are Aupwel and Kampalap, villages where natives
sometimes see the flying light they call “ropen.” To the south are the villages
of Gomlongon and Opai.
Bioluminescent Organisms
Angler jellyfish, bioluminescence, cuttlefish, Dinoflagellates, earth worm,
fireflies, ropen, pterosaurs, octopus, Min min light, bioluminescent fish
Cryptozoology Book
“To the eyewitnesses who’ve bravely come forward, telling us of apparent
living pterosaurs, I dedicate this book. They deserve to be heard.” [from the
Acknowledgements in this nonfiction cryptozoology paperback book]
Destination Truth
Adventure, danger, enlightenment—those I experienced half a year later,
sitting in my living room, delighting in the ropen-episode of Destination
Truth. [Jonathan Whitcomb was interviewed (not on television) by the
production team before their expedition in Papua New Guinea.]
Map of Live Pterosaur
“Revolutionary as they seem, the
ideas presented in this . . . site relate
mostly to eyewitness accounts: real-
life encounters with creatures called
‘prehistoric’ or ‘pterodactyl-like.’”
Navigating through the site, whether it be
for information on the ropen or for other
accounts of extraordinary flying creatures
This is actually a home page for all
the many online media pages on
these featherless flying creatures.
From here you can go to the
index of all the media pages, etc
Comparing the ideas of Jack
Pettigrew and Fred Silcock -
strange flying lights seen
in some areas of Australia
Sketch by Patty Carson, who saw
this flying creature at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, (Gitmo) in 1965