Where do these flying creatures appear? They have been reported in
Raleigh, Durham, Asheville, Wilmington, and in other areas of N.C., as
well as in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and in many other states
Eyewitness Reports of Apparent
Living Pterosaurs in North Carolina
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Jonathan David Whitcomb
Jan 9, 2018, 3:25 p.m., MST
MURRAY, Utah, Jan 9, 2018/LUAPT — Jonathan Whitcomb, author of nonfiction cryptozoology books, has suggested that
flying creatures reported in Raleigh, North Carolina, over several years, may be related to what Americans in other states
have reported to him over the past fourteen years. One kind he has labeled the “American Hammerhead Ropen.” Whitcomb
also says that what has been seen flying over Raleigh could be similar to the “pterodactyl” reported in eastern Cuba in the
mid-twentieth century: He said, “It may be related to the flying creature seen by eyewitnesses at Guantanamo Bay, at least
it is more likely that than a misidentified frigatebird. My associates and I believe that these are non-extinct pterosaurs, what
many persons would call ‘pterodactyls’ or ‘flying dinosaurs.’”
Cynthia Lee, who has been studying to become a veterinary technician, reported to Whitcomb an apparent pterosaur
that she saw on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Raleigh. She was sure that the flying creature had no feathers, but it did
have a long tail with a “diamond shaped bulb at the end of the tail.” It also had a head crest.
That encounter in Raleigh early in 2018 was not the first time someone in Cynthia’s family had seen an apparent pterosaur.
She told Whitcomb about a sighting many years earlier: “My mother and uncle saw one too while they were playing outside
of my grandma's house when they were really little. They told grandma but she didn't believe it. I thought they were extinct . . .”
Since she has seen for herself, however, Cynthia no longer believes that they are all extinct.
When Whitcomb receives an eyewitness account with a description of a long tail with a structure at tail end, he considers that
it was probably a ropen, possibly related to the flying creature that he and some of his associates have searched for in Papua
New Guinea. When it is reported in North America and the head (including the beak and head crest) reminds the eyewitness of
a hammer shape, he may call the animal an “American Hammerhead Ropen.” Although only a small fraction of the eyewitness
reports have the word “hammer” when describing the head, Whitcomb believes that many of the sightings reported to him have
been actual encounters with that species.
A man was driving on the I-540 in Raleigh late in March of 2013, when he saw a “HUGE bird looking thing fly across the over-
pass I was on, maybe 20-25 feet in front of my car and about 7 or 8 feet off the ground.” He reported the encounter on an online
forum and titled his experience “OK . . . so I saw a Pterodactyl up close tonight.” He described it as “bat-like in a way . . . [with] a
LONG tail with a spade at the end.” Like the sighting by Cynthia Lee, the one by this man was in or near North Raleigh.
Two eyewitnesses saw a flying creature, possibly the same species seen in more recent years, in 2007 but on the south side of
Raleigh. One of the two reported it to Whitcomb and said, “The tail and the head shape is what stood out the most, and the feet.
That’s how come I knew it just wasn’t a bird. I thought dinosaurs . . .”
A few miles northwest of Raleigh, in Durham, another eyewitness saw a “pterodactyl” in 1993 and years later reported it to
Whitcomb: “huge bat like wings . . . I estimate wingspan was like 10 to 15 feet” (apparently bigger than the ones in Raleigh).
In 2012, Whitcomb received an email from a man who, with his cousin, saw something bringing to his mind the word “dragon.”
That encounter was in October of 2009, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The eyewitness said, “It looked like what I had seen in a
Jurassic Park movie.”
In 2010, another eyewitness reported, “I was driving home from dropping a friend off at school. When I was almost home
(passed the Food Lion on Commerce Rd, going towards Country Club Rd in Jacksonville, NC), I saw something HUGE above
me in the sky. It looked like a pale greenish white and smooth-skinned. It didn't appear to have any feathers, and it had the tail
with the diamond shape on the end.”
The following map shows where sightings of apparent living pterosaurs have been reported in the United States, from a recently-
published online list that was last updated on January 4, 2018. Most of these reports were sent directly to Whitcomb, by emails
from the eyewitnesses, although not all of the older accounts have yet been added, as of January 9, 2018, to his list of the “more-
credible” accounts.
Read more about potential misidentification of frigatebirds and when that conjecture does not apply well.
Communicate with Jonathan Whitcomb
Eyewitness Reports of
Apparent Living Pterosaurs
in North Carolina
Where do these flying creatures appear? They have
been reported in Raleigh, Durham, Asheville, Wilmington,
and in other areas of N.C., as well as in Virginia, South
Carolina, Georgia, and in many other states
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Jonathan David Whitcomb
Jan 9, 2018, 3:25 p.m., MST
MURRAY, Utah, Jan 9, 2018/LUAPT — Jonathan Whitcomb, author of nonfiction cryptozoology
books, has suggested that flying creatures reported in Raleigh, North Carolina, over several
years, may be related to what Americans in other states have reported to him over the past
fourteen years. One kind he has labeled the “American Hammerhead Ropen.” Whitcomb also
says that what has been seen flying over Raleigh could be similar to the “pterodactyl” reported
in eastern Cuba in the mid-twentieth century: He said, “It may be related to the flying creature
seen by eyewitnesses at Guantanamo Bay, at least it is more likely that than a misidentified
frigatebird. My associates and I believe these are non-extinct pterosaurs, what many persons
would call ‘pterodactyls’ or ‘flying dinosaurs.’”
Cynthia Lee, who has been studying to become a veterinary technician, reported to Whitcomb
an apparent pterosaur that she saw on Thursday, January 4, 2018, in Raleigh. She was sure
that the flying creature had no feathers, but it did have a long tail with a “diamond shaped bulb
at the end of the tail.” It also had a head crest.
That encounter in Raleigh early in 2018 was not the first time someone in Cynthia’s family had
seen an apparent pterosaur. She told Whitcomb about a sighting many years earlier: “My mother
and uncle saw one too while they were playing outside of my grandma's house when they were
really little. They told grandma but she didn't believe it. I thought they were extinct . . .” Since
she has seen for herself, however, Cynthia no longer believes that they are all extinct.
When Whitcomb receives an eyewitness account with a description of a long tail with a structure
at tail end, he considers that it was probably a ropen, possibly related to the flying creature that
he and some of his associates have searched for in Papua New Guinea. When it is reported in
North America and the head (including the beak and head crest) reminds the eyewitness of a
hammer shape, he may call the animal an “American Hammerhead Ropen.” Although only a
small fraction of the eyewitness reports have the word “hammer” when describing the head,
Whitcomb believes that many of the sightings reported to him have been actual encounters with
that species.
A man was driving on the I-540 in Raleigh late in March of 2013, when he saw a “HUGE bird
looking thing fly across the over-pass I was on, maybe 20-25 feet in front of my car and about
seven or eight feet off the ground.” He reported the encounter on an online forum and titled his
experience “OK . . . so I saw a Pterodactyl up close tonight.” He described it as “bat-like in a way
. . . [with] a LONG tail with a spade at the end.” Like the sighting by Cynthia Lee, the one by this
man was in or near North Raleigh.
Two eyewitnesses saw a flying creature, possibly the same species seen in more recent years,
in 2007 but on the south side of Raleigh. One of the two reported it to Whitcomb and said, “The
tail and the head shape is what stood out the most, and the feet. That’s how come I knew it just
wasn’t a bird. I thought dinosaurs . . .”
A few miles northwest of Raleigh, in Durham, another eyewitness saw a “pterodactyl” in 1993
and years later reported it to Whitcomb: “huge bat like wings . . . I estimate wingspan was like
10 to 15 feet” (apparently bigger than the ones in Raleigh).
In 2012, Whitcomb received an email from a man who, with his cousin, saw something bringing
to his mind the word “dragon.” That encounter was in October of 2009, in Charlotte, North
Carolina. The eyewitness said, “It looked like what I had seen in a Jurassic Park movie.”
In 2010, another eyewitness reported, “I was driving home from dropping a friend off at school.
When I was almost home (passed the Food Lion on Commerce Road, going towards Country
Club Rd in Jacksonville, NC), I saw something HUGE above me in the sky. It looked like a pale
greenish white and smooth-skinned. It didn't appear to have any feathers, and it had the tail
with the diamond shape on the end.”
The following map shows where sightings of apparent living pterosaurs have been reported
in the United States, from a recently-published online list that was last updated on January 4,
2018. Most of these reports were sent directly to Whitcomb, by emails from the eyewitnesses,
although not all of the older accounts have yet been added, as of January 9, 2018, to his list of
the “more-credible” accounts.
Read more about potential misidentification of frigatebirds and when that conjecture does not
apply well.
Communicate with Jonathan Whitcomb
Eyewitness Reports of
Apparent Living Pterosaurs
in North Carolina
Where do these flying creatures appear?
They have been reported in Raleigh, Durham,
Asheville, Wilmington, and in other areas of N.C.,
as well as in Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia, and in many other states
NEWS PROVIDED BY
Jonathan David Whitcomb
Jan 9, 2018, 3:25 p.m., MST
MURRAY, Utah, Jan 9, 2018/LUAPT — Jonathan Whitcomb, author of
nonfiction cryptozoology books, has suggested that flying creatures
reported in Raleigh, North Carolina, over several years, may be related
to what Americans in other states have reported to him over the past
fourteen years. One kind he has labeled the “American Hammerhead
Ropen.” Whitcomb also says that what has been seen flying over Raleigh
could be similar to the “pterodactyl” reported in eastern Cuba in the mid-
twentieth century: He said, “It may be related to the flying creature seen
by eyewitnesses at Guantanamo Bay, at least it is more likely that than
a misidentified frigatebird. My associates and I believe these are non-
extinct pterosaurs, what many persons would call ‘pterodactyls’ or ‘flying
dinosaurs.’”
Cynthia Lee, who has been studying to become a veterinary technician,
reported to Whitcomb an apparent pterosaur that she saw on Thursday,
January 4, 2018, in Raleigh. She was sure that the flying creature had
no feathers, but it did have a long tail with a “diamond shaped bulb at
the end of the tail.” It also had a head crest.
That encounter in Raleigh early in 2018 was not the first time someone
in Cynthia’s family had seen an apparent pterosaur. She told Whitcomb
about a sighting many years earlier: “My mother and uncle saw one too
while they were playing outside of my grandma's house when they were
really little. They told grandma but she didn't believe it. I thought they
were extinct . . .” Since she has seen for herself, however, Cynthia no
longer believes that they are all extinct.
When Whitcomb receives an eyewitness account with a description of
a long tail with a structure at tail end, he considers that it was probably
a ropen, possibly related to the flying creature that he and some of his
associates have searched for in Papua New Guinea. When it is reported
in North America and the head (including the beak and head crest)
reminds the eyewitness of a hammer shape, he may call the animal an
“American Hammerhead Ropen.” Although only a small fraction of the
eyewitness reports have the word “hammer” when describing the head,
Whitcomb believes that many of the sightings reported to him have been
actual encounters with that species.
A man was driving on the I-540 in Raleigh late in March of 2013, when
he saw a “HUGE bird looking thing fly across the over-pass I was on,
maybe 20-25 feet in front of my car and about 7 or 8 feet off the ground.”
He reported the encounter on an online forum and titled his experience
“OK . . . so I saw a Pterodactyl up close tonight.” He described it as
“bat-like in a way . . . [with] a LONG tail with a spade at the end.” Like
the sighting by Cynthia Lee, the one by this man was in or near North
Raleigh.
Two eyewitnesses saw a flying creature, possibly the same species seen
in more recent years, in 2007 but on the south side of Raleigh. One of
the two reported it to Whitcomb and said, “The tail and the head shape
is what stood out the most, and the feet. That’s how come I knew it just
wasn’t a bird. I thought dinosaurs . . .”
A few miles northwest of Raleigh, in Durham, another eyewitness saw
a “pterodactyl” in 1993 and years later reported it to Whitcomb: “huge bat
like wings . . . I estimate wingspan was like 10 to 15 feet” (apparently
bigger than the ones in Raleigh).
In 2012, Whitcomb received an email from a man who, with his cousin,
saw something bringing to his mind the word “dragon.” That encounter
was in October of 2009, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The eyewitness
said, “It looked like what I had seen in a Jurassic Park movie.”
In 2010, another eyewitness reported, “I was driving home from dropping
a friend off at school. When I was almost home (passed the Food Lion
on Commerce Rd, going towards Country Club Rd in Jacksonville, NC),
I saw something HUGE . . . in the sky. It looked like a pale greenish white
and smooth-skinned. It didn't appear to have any feathers, and it had the
tail with the diamond shape on the end.”
The following map shows where sightings of apparent living pterosaurs
have been reported in the United States, from a recently-published online
list that was last updated on January 4, 2018. Most of these reports were
sent directly to Whitcomb, by emails from the eyewitnesses, although not
all of the older accounts have yet been added, as of January 9, 2018, to
his list of the “more-credible” accounts.
Read more about potential misidentification of frigatebirds and when
that conjecture does not apply well.
Communicate with Jonathan Whitcomb