Reedley, California, Pterosaurs

Sightings in California
in nineteenth century

From the non-fiction book "Live Pterosaurs in America" (2009)

"I do not submit these old reports as independent evidence to prove pterosaurs lived in the late 19th Century; I submit them to dismiss any possible objection that 20th Century and 21st Century reports of living pterosaurs in California are without historical precedence: Sighting reports continue.

"In the summer of 1891, south-
east of Fresno, [CA] several eyewitnesses reported two featherless flying creatures with wingspans of fifteen feet. Reportedly reputable residents around Reedley described the two 'dragons' . . . broad heads, long bills, and large eyes. 'On the night of July 11 . . . their peculiar cries and the rustling of their mammoth wings were heard as late as 10 o’clock.' Two nights later, the “monsters” were . . . attacking chickens, with 'many of the hens being bitten in two and left partly devoured.' On the following week, a carriage of picnickers saw the creatures 'plainly circling in the air.'"

Cryptozoloogy Book

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Photo by familiabv
Reedley, California
Photo by merci
These modern photos do not necessarily have any close rela-
tionship to locations
of the sightings of "dragons" in the late nineteenth century.

These are simply a couple of scenes in
the Reedley area.