Did all Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs go Extinct?
Contrary to a popular Western opinion, the idea that all dinosaurs and pterosaurs became extinct
many millions of years ago is not "science" but an assumption. No evidence proves universal
extinctions, but ample eyewitness evidence supports the concept that some supposedly "ancient"
creatures still live, including Rhamphorhynchoid pterosaurs that appear to be at least similar to the
Sordes Pilosus.
In addition, the pterosaur in photograph now labeled “Ptp” appears to be a Pteranodon, which has
long been assumed to have been an extinct type of Pterodactyloid. On January 14, 2017, however,
that photograph was declared to have a genuine image of the animal shown. In other words,
whatever was photographed, it was a real animal. One of those who made that pronoucement of
its authenticity was Clifford Paiva, a physicist living in California.
“I first saw this photo many years ago, possibly even back in about 1968, when I enjoyed looking at books on
strange things. Some time after I began investigating eyewitness reports of apparent pterosaurs, I again saw this
photo. But it felt like it was too good to be true, and those wings appeared to me to be too much like canoes. In
January of 2017, however, an expert on canoes told me that those apparent wings in this photo are definitely not
canoes. I then looked much closer at the images in this old photo and found many evidences of its authenticity.”
Jonathan D. Whitcomb, cryptozoology author.
In addition to the evidences found by Whitcomb, the scientist Clifford Paiva saw that the shadowing under the
boot of one soldier corresponded to nearby shadows on and under the animal. He also found striking anatomical
clues on that animal, evidence that it was at least similar to a Pterodactyloid pterosaur well known to
paleontologists and to many others: Pteranodon.
“The extinction of some species of pterosaurs, out of so
many known from fossils, is hardly disputed. The popular
textbook declaration that all species became extinct millions
of years ago, universal pterosaur extinction—that concept
itself is approaching extinction.” Jonathan Whitcomb
When pterosaur fossils were first being discovered, apparently, researchers had no eyewitnesses of similar living
creatures. They assumed that pterosaurs lived long ago, since well-known living creatures had little resemblance
to those fossils. Since that time, many people report seeing living creatures that resemble pterosaurs; these people
deserve to be heard, regardless of extinction ideas. (Before the discovery of pterosaur fossils, reports of live pterosaurs
would have been labeled "dragon encounters.")
The case for non-extinction is simple: Eyewitnesses have seen extant pterosaurs. The popularity of the conjecture of
complete extinction, of all species of pterosaurs long ago, cannot reasonably be used as an excuse to dismiss all reports
of sightings of apparent pterosaurs. Even if these flying creatures remain cryptids for years, the possibility of their
existence deserves attention.
Most of those who dismiss the possibility of live pterosaurs do so because they choose the philosophy of Naturalism
rather than the axioms of Creation science or the approaches of Intelligent Design.
Copyright 2006-2017 Jonathan David Whitcomb