Reedley, California, Pterosaurs
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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.'"
Text Copyright 2010 Jonathan Whitcomb (Opinions are not those of the photographers but of the author, Jonathan Whitcomb.)
"Live Pterosaurs in America" explains how many scientists got it extinction wrong, for many eyewitnesses have seen pterosaurs
in modern times.
Sightings of Pterosaurs in 19th
Century: Central California
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.