Ropens
Worldwide sightings
Ropens Living Around the World
Sketch by Eskin Kuhn
Copyright 2016-2019 Jonathan David Whitcomb
Sightings in the cryptozoology
book Searching for Ropens and
Finding God (fourth edition)
“I
had
an
insight:
Only
one
giant
ropen
lives
full-time
in
the
interior
of
Umboi
Island.
That
is
why
there
is
only
one
ropen
light
seen
at
one
time
and
why
it
is
seen
only
occasionally,
although
that
explanation
for
the
insight
would
become
more
clear
a
few
weeks
later,
when
a
native
would
tell
Guessman
and
Woetzel
that
the
ropen
is
seen
as
one
light,
never
as
two
lights
at
the
same time.” (page 91)
“An
older
woman,
Batsima,
wife
of
Ake
Stani,
told
Woetzel
of
an
encounter
the
Tarawe
villagers
had
with
the
ropen.
Peter
Ake
interpreted.
One
night,
about
two
years
earlier,
the
creature
landed
on
a
big
tree
on
the edge of the village.
“Batsima:
'It
was
seen
on
the
big
tree
.
.
.
behind the village.'
“Woetzel: 'Did it land there?'
“It
landed
there
for
awhile
.
.
.
the
light
was
illuminating
the
village
and
when
the
people
noticed
it,
after
a
couple
of
seconds,
when
they
came
out
.
.
.
it
started
flying
away
.
.
.
from
the
trees,
he
moved
down
towards
the
beach.
“So
his
light
was
shining
the
whole
time
while he was sitting there?
“While he was sitting on the tree.
“Was it as bright as the moon?
“Kind
of
like
a
bright
lantern
lamp
but
so
much more brighter.
“The
Tarawe
Villagers
saw
no
body
shape,
only the bright ... light.” (page 104)
¶
“The
eyewitness
was
reportedly
visiting
the
village
of
Yallapa,
near
Puerto
Vallarta,
Mexico,
where
a
dense
jungle
stretches
down
to
the
coast.
He
said
he
observed,
“a
huge
black
bird-like
creature
[coming]
from
the
more
mountainous
region
.
.
.
toward
the
ocean
.
.
.
palm
trees
that
were
40
to
50
feet
high
looked
very
small
[from
that
distance],
yet
even
though
the
creature
was
at
the
same
distance,
it
looked
very
big.”
He
estimated
the
wingspan
about
equal
to
the
length
of
the
taller
of
the
palm
trees,
around
30-40 feet.” (page 163)
Many
other
pterosaur
sighting
reports
you’ll
find
in
the
fourth
edition
of
the
cryptozoology
book
Searching
for
Ropens
and
Finding
God
(nonfiction paperback available online)
“Hi,
Jonathan
[Whitcomb].
Thank
you
so
much
for
writing
back
to
me,
I
wasn’t
sure
you would. I do appreciate it.
“I
live
in
a
small
town
in
northeast
Georgia,
called
Winder
.
.
.
(I
was
a
little
hesitant
to
.
.
.
mention
being
from
Georgia
because
I
don’t
want
anyone
to
think
uh-oh,
has
she
got Bigfoot in the freezer too?) . . .”
[Comment
from
Whitcomb]
“Fifteen
miles
of
her
commute
is
on
a
two-lane
55-mph
road
through
woods
alternating
with
pastures;
This
part
of
Highway
82
has
few
houses
and
almost
no
stop
signs.
I
presume
her
description
of
the
country
is
typical
of
northwest
Georgia:
dense
pine
forests
with
some hardwood trees.
“Commuting
to
work,
she
usually
drives
into
the
morning
sun,
with
the
car
visor
down,
but
it
was
unnecessary
on
August
27
[because
of
tropical
storm
Fay
in
the
summer
of
2008].
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.
Although
alone,
she
yelled,
‘What
the
---
what --- what is that?’ She was stunned.
“She
looked
up
at
a
'very
long'
tail
that
had
a
strange shape at the end. . . .”
Wildlife sanctuary in
Southern California
Sketches used by two
Americans in an expedition
(for questioning natives)
Compare the sketch of the
ropen (bottom) with that
of the Sordes pilosus
(long-tailed pterosaur)
Searching for Ropens and
Finding God (nonfiction)
Sighting in the smaller book
Live Pterosaurs in America
(third edition, another paperback)
Live Pterosaurs in
America (3rd edition)
The ropen is a long-tailed pterosaur, a modern Rhamphorhynchoid type
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