Pterosaur Sightings in South Carolina The four reports from S.C.: Bishopville, 1984: wingspan about 10-14 feet; no feathers; standing in the middle of a country road, it appeared to be at least 10 feet tall. . This required using a low-magnification eyepiece, fortunately, to locate that galaxy, allowing the amateur astronomer to see the flying creature sweep through the field of view. Live Pterodactyls in Youtube Videos Trust one eyewitness of a plane crash over the imaginations of a hundred professors whove agreed how that kind of plane should fly. Nothing compares with this book about encounters with modern non-extinct pterodactyls.. 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. Pterosaurs were not dinosaurs, but a family of large flying reptiles ("pterosaur" means "winged lizard") that includes the pterodactyl and Pteranodon. What Happened at Lake Elizabeth, California? I was fishing at a gravel pit in Heyworth, IL and the dawn had just [broken]. . Scott Norman, a cryptozoologist from Southern California . I was driving along on I-540 in Raleigh at sundown tonight . This is a Youtube channel trailer video for Protect Animal Life, with brief excerpts from seven living-pterosaur videos, out of about 170 total videos on this channel, almost all of which relate to pterodactyl sightings . There have been many modern-day sightings of creatures that by eyewitness description sound like pterosaurs, or pterodactyl sightings. Their silhouettes resembled giant Sordes Pilosus pterosaurs. In the late 1980s, noted cryptozoologist Roy Mackal led an expedition into Namibia from which he had heard reports of a prehistoric-looking creature with a wingspan of up to 30 feet. Workmen were digging through Jurassic-era limestone for a railway tunnel between the St.-Dizier and Nancy lines. In 1944, in New Guinea (now the nation of Papua New Guinea), Duane Hodgkinson and his army buddy saw a pterodactyl with a wingspan similar to a Piper Tri-Pacer plane (29 feet). I live in central [New Mexico]. 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. . Most of them have been in the United States. . 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. They each had a distinct neck between body and head, that was more narrow and clearly visible. Lets now pause to take all this in context. Alone in the car, driving northbound After the encounter, the man estimated its wingspan was between 30 feet and 50 feet, probably closer to 50. In other words, 37,500 Americans have told somebody something to the effect that they saw a flying creature that appeared more like a pterosaur than a bird or a bat, and 112,500 have not told anyone about seeing something that gave them the impression that it was a pterosaur. . Los Angeles River, near location of sighting of May 13, 2013 . . . . it was a really clear night cuzz it had rained the day before. 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). Did not notice if it had a tail or not 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. In 2005, Garth Guessman, another ropen investigator, in Montana video-taped his own interview with Hodgkinson and the session was analyzed by Whitcomb, who became even more convinced the World War II veteran was telling the truth: The man had seen a ropen. In California, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Florida, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and many other states, eyewitnesses have been shocked by featherless creatures flying overhead. Its bat-like skin was a dark tannish color. Amateur footage appears to capture extinct reptile flying over Ohio. Photograph of Worlds First Robot: Fact Check. (*The encounters themselves may be older.). with a head-body-tail ratio that was certainly not that of a bird. None of us had a clear view of the ropen, at least not clear enough to see any details of form or features. . . What is it? The natives, who were occasionally tormented by these creatures, described them as being featherless with smooth skin, having a beak full of teeth and a wingspan of between four and seven feet. 1968), American science educator, environmental scientist, and cryptozoology skeptic. The animals are also called "pterodactyls" or even "flying dinosaurs" or "dinosaur birds". . I became a believer in American pterosaurs. I was fishing on the western side near the South fork. This morning at about 6 a.m. At first I thought it was a vulture. Rather than delve into speculations about fossils, lets now consider eyewitness testimonies. . . . Enjoy this lively music video as you learn about the shocking flying creatures men and women have encountered in California. Since a good number of these relate to sightings in the United States, lets begin there. She said she saw a large flying animal over a small lake. it didnt look like a bird . andI had to move on. . Flying Dinosaur book for a ten-year-old reader. Modern Pterodactyl Sightings Although there seems to be no hard evidence that pterosaurs did not die out millions of years ago - no pterosaurs have ever been captured and no bodies have ever been found - sightings have persisted. As we were watching this strange bird, it let out a ghastly loud shrieking scream . 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 . 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. By the reckoning of one source, the area around Baker City is something of a focal point for UFO sightings. . . The second one was led by David Woetzel and Garth Guessman, with Jacob Kepas interpreting. . Sometimes an eyewitness will remain quiet about seeing a live pterodactyl until he or she learns that a friend or member of the family has also seen such a flying creature. We were standing in the street . All of a sudden I see the HUGE bird looking thing fly across the overpass I was on, maybe 20-25 feet in front of my car . 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? Ive learned some things, over the past fifteen years, about how people happen to see featherless flying creatures that appear to be living pterosaurs. Playing Badminton Alone With the Wind, Video: Fact DMart 20th Anniversary Celebration Free Gifts: Scam. [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. Why do people in California report seeing a huge pterodactyl? It could be when they're driving or riding as a passenger in a car. I've noticed, over the years, that some reported sightings of flying "pterodactyls" come from eyewitnesses who seem to spend more time outdoors than the average person. This post briefly mentions the book The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur, but this is mainly about sightings of apparent pterosaurs, seen by children, in the following countries: The above locations for sightings are not in the book itself but are in the above-linked blog post. . As of early May, 2022, this channel had about 230 videos about modern living pterosaurs, a.k.a. Giant Pterodactyl in California You deserve to know the truth about these accounts of sightings of gigantic living pterosaurs. Estimated Number of Sightings of Pterosaurs in the United States. The creature, which was dark gray or black, had no feathers; he was sure it was featherless. Introduction to the work in cryptozoology by Jonathan Whitcomb. This will be the fourth edition of Live Pterosaurs in America, to be published first in ebook format. 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. 8 min ago. Their wings were long, angular and pointed and their tails had triangular points. These nonfiction books are Live Pterosaurs in America (third edition) and Searching for Ropens and Finding God (fourth edition). Only two feet awaythats how close the creature was (horizontally)to the concrete wall of the channel. The pterosaur is very real . . pterodactyls. Here is the URL:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSJ-jFoAo9g\u0026t=2sThe two sketches of modern pterosaurs were drawn by Patty Carson and Eskin Kuhn, both of whom gave full permission for Jonathan Whitcomb to publish and distribute those sketches.The video clips of aerial shots are used by a paid license from the company that has the rights to sell such licenses.The two music pieces are used by paid licenses from the companies that has the rights to sell such licenses. 7. I was fishing on the western side near the South fork. . flying dinosaurs, in North Carolina, including Raleigh, Durham, Conover, Wilmington, Guilford County, Kernersville, and Charlottethese are not rumors but taken from emails to the cryptozoologist Jonathan Whitcomb, over a period of years. These four sighting reports of modern pterosaurs in California have perhaps never before been featured in a Youtube video. He described the dark gray or black animal as 30 feet long, with 15-16 feet of that being a tail. Pterodactyl Sightings in Central California Scott Norman, a cryptozoologist from Southern California, decided to meet with some of his associates in central California, where people had reported living pterosaurs. . Theres been wide skepticism about authenticity of the picture, but as explained below, the photograph is real, although the object/creature seen in it is not known well. . Sightings; Podcast; Toys. Tim Dinsdale (1924-1987), Loch Ness Monster researcher [6] Jonathan Downes (b. Pterosaur Eyewitness Group Support PEGS. I watched as it flew above the water and into the other leg of the pond and out of sight. In other words, many of those who commented on The Gear Page forum knew little or nothing about pterosaurs except what they had been exposed to all of their lives: universal extinctions. Not a reissue or rerelease . 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 . The American World War II veteran Duane Hodgkinson reporting seeing a huge pterodactyl in a jungle clearing in New Guinea in 1944. I had to resist a powerful urge to confine that word source within quotation marks, where the dubious are often detained. Although there seems to be no hard evidence that pterosaurs did not die out millions of years ago - no pterosaurs have ever been captured and no bodies have ever been found - sightings have persisted. The apparent pterosaur was flying about 1700 feet from the end of a storm channel, a few years ago, just south of the Long Beach Airport. . Jonathan Whitcomb introduces excerpts from a number of Youtube videos about modern pterosaur sightings. and there was a huge flying bird-like animal above us. 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. Im almost positive whatI saw fly over the freeway in Los Angeles WAS NOT a bird of any kind. . That does not mean blind faith, believing without any reason to believe, but it can mean taking one or two steps onto the path ahead, even when the light does not yet quite reach that far. I know he was afraid of what he saw, just like I was. Garth Guessman also lectured on living pterosaurs (2007, in California). [Pterodactyls Live in Hawaii Ropens Included]. . . FRESNO, July 31. For sighting #1, in the words of an eyewitness, It turned its head and looked right at me. . [The many credible reports of apparent pterosaurs are not misidentified birds but actual pterosaurs, in at least the great majority of cases. Thats why my associates and I continue to work in the realm of cryptozoology, using whatever knowledge is available. Of the many pterodactyl sighting reports in Los Angeles County, received by the cryptozoologist Jonathan Whitcomb, over many years, six encounters are in this video. The video is titled A confession about a pterodactyl and gives my account of an ironic twist in my life: from a severe skeptic to a firm believer in modern pterosaurs. . Here are a few of them . when he saw me he jumped off the telephone wires and when he opened his huge wings they sounded like heavy fabric . . Ten years ago this summer (2007), the young cryptozoologist Scott T. Norman had a sighting of an apparent Pteranodon in Central California. 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. . Muchas personas han visto estas criaturas voladoras. How many Americans now living have seen a modern pterosaur? This occurred near a swamp in Rhodesia where the man suffered a large wound in his chest that he said was caused by the monster's long beak. Pterodactyls have been reported in many areas of North America, including Minnesota. Report it safely and privately here:https://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/contact-jdw-page* Pterodactyl Sightings - 100+ videos by early 2021:https://youtu.be/IAYTZRVoVc8 Don't miss what may be the most popular video on Youtube, regarding a positive and highly relevant approach to sightings of apparent modern pterosaurs: the interview of the World War II veteran Duane Hodgkinson\"Ropen-Pterodactyl - American eyewitness\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl1A2xXnxpU\u0026t=1s Here's a more-recent video about these amazing flying creatures: \"A Confession About a Pterodactyl\" (with Jonathan Whitcomb on camera)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4wYmmxe0bU Also you'll probably enjoy \"Living Pterosaurs - Part-1\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mTSAJVjKpU You might enjoy the short video play-list \"Test yourself with a short quiz\":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-iKE7VIqQ8\u0026list=PLbrGHtcHOcPyv7syvjZheoOrpaRDurZ20Permissions, etc.Beginning around 2:52 into the video is a still image of Scott Norman, which was taken from the video \"Living Pterosaur Report\" at:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKz5JFtPsQ0This is on the channel \"Tom Canfield\" and is a recording of a Biblical Creation meeting held on July 21, 2007.In general, however, the photos in this video were recorded by the person who uploaded the video, Jonathan Whitcomb, who has full rights to use his own recorded photos.The still image of Jonathan Whitcomb himself was taken from the video \"Brief introduction to living-pterosaur investigations\" (Whitcomb has full rights to that recording of his own image.) The total number of clear sightings of modern pterosaurs, during the 20th century, appears to be at least in the hundreds of thousands . . from the west came this dark object in the sky. My sighting took place last night, 12/19/2016. 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. A transformation in thinking about modern pterosaurs. 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. Texas and California are the states in the U.S. where some have occurred. 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. 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