I just received an eyewitness sighting report from somebody in Papua New Guinea. Reports of nocturnal glowing creatures flying near the coast of Manus Island are hardly new; we assume that they are related to the ropen of Umboi Island. Here is part of the recent account:
“I was born and brought up in Manus Island . . . there are lights swooping over fish shoals . . . Two years ago we took a boat out to investigate and could see the lights soaring over us and heard flapping of wings though we never could make out the actual animal, we observed they did dive into the sea and then erupt out of it with a great flapping sound.”
I am waiting for this eyewitness to answer detailed questions, such as “Did they flash for a few seconds or were they always on?”
I just received a reply from the eyewitness in Papua New Guinea:
“The lights alternately glowed from reddish white/yellow bright flash every couple of minutes and blueish green steady . . . pulsating glow.”
“There is a story of them attacking and killing lone fishermen at sea . . .”
I have many questions for this man (he knows English reasonably well; his father is Australian), but I want to give him a little time to get more details from another island and translate the story into English. It costs money for his to use email, so I don’t want to seem to demand a reply too often. I’ll send many questions with each email.