Comments on: Sighting in Southern Montana, Sep 4, 2009 http://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/archives/70 Investigating Reports of Living Pterosaurs, by Jonathan Whitcomb Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jonathan Whitcomb http://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/archives/70/comment-page-1#comment-25 Jonathan Whitcomb Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:06:18 +0000 http://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/?p=70#comment-25 I have since had an 18-minute phone conversation with this eyewitness; he has agreed to have his name be used: Jason Ebarb (not the martial arts specialist who lives in Texas). Ebarb lives about forty miles from the Cooney Reservoir (Montana). Our talk on the phone strengthened his credibility: unlikely to be a hoax. At about 10:00 p.m. the creature was seen diving towards them. (I'll need to ask more questions to learn more precisely how near the fly-over was to the zenith.) It pulled out of the dive (or the men would probably have run away) but wing-flaps were not constant: two-flaps, glide, two-flaps. There are still three additional potential eyewitness who might testify, but one of them is questionable: maybe unwilling to get involved in any investigation. I have since had an 18-minute phone conversation with this eyewitness; he has agreed to have his name be used: Jason Ebarb (not the martial arts specialist who lives in Texas). Ebarb lives about forty miles from the Cooney Reservoir (Montana).

Our talk on the phone strengthened his credibility: unlikely to be a hoax.

At about 10:00 p.m. the creature was seen diving towards them. (I’ll need to ask more questions to learn more precisely how near the fly-over was to the zenith.) It pulled out of the dive (or the men would probably have run away) but wing-flaps were not constant: two-flaps, glide, two-flaps.

There are still three additional potential eyewitness who might testify, but one of them is questionable: maybe unwilling to get involved in any investigation.

]]> By: Jonathan Whitcomb http://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/archives/70/comment-page-1#comment-16 Jonathan Whitcomb Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:29:27 +0000 http://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/?p=70#comment-16 The man said, "It was black . . . it actually looked like maybe it had some feathers on the body, but definitely not on the wings which were long and narrow and had a point in the middle kinda like a bat . . ." That feathers were "definitely not on the wings" leads me to conclude that it was no bird. I believe that what he saw on the body was the hair-like material that is now known to cover the bodies of some pterosaurs, according to fossil evidence. This sighting was at night, far from the ideal time to differentiate between hairlike material and feathers. I believe the man saw a ropen or something similar. The man said, “It was black . . . it actually looked like maybe it had some
feathers on the body, but definitely not on the wings which were long and
narrow and had a point in the middle kinda like a bat . . .”

That feathers were “definitely not on the wings” leads me to conclude that it was no bird. I believe that what he saw on the body was the hair-like material that is now known to cover the bodies of some pterosaurs, according to fossil evidence.

This sighting was at night, far from the ideal time to differentiate between hairlike material and feathers. I believe the man saw a ropen or something similar.

]]> By: RM http://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/archives/70/comment-page-1#comment-15 RM Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:22:03 +0000 http://www.livepterosaur.com/LP_Blog/?p=70#comment-15 I am excited to see what future testimonies might transpire and what further details come from the eye witness who found you recently. Since the viewing occurred during the early part of the night, I wonder what features the eye witness was able to see, besides the enormity of the creature's wing span. Also, was the witness a park visitor or a ranger/ park employee? It would be interesting to find out if others who work there frequently have seen anything similar. Keep us posted! I am excited to see what future testimonies might transpire and what further details come from the eye witness who found you recently. Since the viewing occurred during the early part of the night, I wonder what features the eye witness was able to see, besides the enormity of the creature’s wing span. Also, was the witness a park visitor or a ranger/ park employee? It would be interesting to find out if others who work there frequently have seen anything similar. Keep us posted!

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