American ropen searchers on Umboi Island late in 2004
The two American cryptozoologists David Woetzel (left) and Garth Guessman (bottom) in the second ropen expedition of 2004 on Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea
Umboi Island native Wesley Koro, a ropen eyewitness
Wesley was interviewed by American Jonathan Whitcomb during the first ropen expedition of 2004. The native was one of seven boys who saw the huge flying creature in the middle of the day, as it flew over a crater lake.
Ropen-indava cryptozoology explorer Paul Nation, of TX
Of all the explorers who have traveled from the USA to Papua New Guinea, to search for living pterosaurs, Paul Nation is the most experienced. He was the first American to record video footage of the bioluminescent glow of what many cryptozoologists believe are living pterosaurs.
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Ropen Reported to Snopes
By cryptozoologist Jonathan Whitcomb I submitted the following comment to Snopes on January 12, 2017. If it is eventually published in full by them, then I’ll probably condense what’s written here: I have been investigating reports of sightings of apparent pterosaurs for … Continue reading