Author Archives: Jonathan Whitcomb
Civil War Photo of “Unknown Bird” or “Monster”
Introduction I don’t display this version of this photograph as clear and convincing evidence for a giant pterosaur living during the American Civil War. As of 5:00 a.m., April 10, 2013, after spending several days researching and analyzing comments on this … Continue reading
New Comment on “Live Pterosaurs in America”
Although the third edition of Live Pterosaurs in America has been available for a year now, the most recent comment on this crypotozoology book is for the second edition: Some of the words of Lisa Roark Dear Sir, Thank you … Continue reading
Large Flying Creatures in Georgia
Pterosaur Observed in Northern Georgia David Schroder has allowed me to reveal his real name. He told me, in part: The first time I didn’t see it. I was laying in bed around 11:30 at night when I heard a loud sound that … Continue reading
American “Dragon Pterodactyl”
Two of the more common words used to describe flying creatures that look like pterosaurs are “dragon” and “pterodactyl,” at least in the United States. But the details in the descriptions, not the labels chosen by eyewitnesses, determine how likely … Continue reading
Jumping Fishes Fall Short
How is a jumping Manta ray fish like a flying pterodactyl? How desperate is the critic of living pterosaur reports, the skeptic who suggests people are observing large fish that jump up above the surface of the sea! Imagine you are … Continue reading
Another Book on Live Pterosaurs
The recently published ebook Live Pterosaurs and Australia and in Papua New Guinea seems to have little connection with sightings on the American continent. But the cover image closely relates, for it has the sketch of the “Gitmo Pterosaur” from … Continue reading
Ropens in California
How can living Rhamphorhynchoid (“basal”) pterosaurs fly in California, in modern times? In the United States, we have been taught since early childhood that all such creatures became extinct many millions of years ago. Rather than delve into speculations about … Continue reading
Pterosaur in Lakewood, California
A lady reported observing a “huge dragon pteradactal” that had been perched, at about noon on June 19, 2012, on a phone line or cable company wire over her backyard: . . . . sitting under my [gazebo] playing on my computer … Continue reading
