Tag: Lakewood

Another eyewitness has come forward, answering my questions about what she observed flying near a storm channel in Lakewood, California. This was within about 70 yards of the June-2012 sighting and around two years earlier, or about mid-2010. But the earlier sighting was at 11 p.m. and the flying creature was further away from the eyewitness, perhaps 100 yards away.

I believe that these two encounters were with the same species, maybe even the same individual animal. I also believe that the Lakewood flying creature is related to the ropen of Umboi Island in Papua New Guinea, what appears to be a “basal” Rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur. Both the 2010 and 2012 sightings were connected by the word “dragon.”

The second sighting (2012) was reported to me within hours of the encounter. The first sighting (2010) was reported to me in July of 2013, after the eyewitness learned about the first sighting. She had remained silent about her encounter for three years, for fear that nobody would believe her; after all, it was late at night and at a distance.

The eyewitness in the sighting of 2010 said, “I saw what I took as a large bird with a wing span of around 4-6 feet that had an erratic gate to its flying.” That appears to me to be common in sightings of what turn out to be likely-pterosaurs: The eyewitness at first assumes it is a bird, for it’s flying; only after comprehending non-bird features does the eyewitness realize it’s a non-bird.

She also said, “I watched it fly from North to South . . . about 30 seconds. . . . noticing what looked like a long tail with a barbed object at the end that was slightly tucked under as it flew.” She also told me that the creature was carrying another animal in its talons. The prey (carried in the feet of the flying creature) may have been as heavy as ten pounds but probably not larger. The eyewitness believes this was why the larger creature was flying so slowly.

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Storm channel in Lakewood, California, where at least two eyewitnesses saw a ropen-like flying creature or a “dragon,” once late at night and once at mid-day

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Comparing the two Pterosaur Sightings

The 2010 and 2012 sightings were both in the same neighborhood in Lakewood, CA. More than that, they were in almost exactly the same place with flyovers possibly over the same houses. In the first sighting, however, the creature was flying slowly parallel to the storm channel; in the second, it was flying fast over the storm channel.

The slow flight in the first sighting appeared to have been from the creature struggling with a heavy load it was carrying; the fast flight in the second, from the creature becoming frightened by the eyewitness and flying away.

Both reports included descriptions of a long tail with a structure at tail-end, the first eyewitness calling it a “barbed object at the end” and the second calling it a “triangle.” Both women thought of the word “dragon” during or immediately after their sightings.

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Umboi Island Ropen

On the northern coast are Aupwel and Kampalap,  villages where natives sometimes see the flying light  they call “ropen.”

Ropen of Papua New Guinea

Long-tailed feather-less ropen-like  flying creatures have been reported  around the world, including states  in the U.S.A.

Pterosaur Sightings

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Pterosaur Sightings in Los Angeles

In two separate sightings, two eyewitnesses in Los Angeles, California, reported flying creatures described like pterosaurs. The sightings were a little over a mile apart . . .

Pterodactyl Expert

. . . attacks were not from dangerous flying creatures but from skeptics who were inflamed by the title “pterodactyl expert” being applied to a cryptozoologist in California . . .

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I would not normally report an “earwitness” report of a “primitive bird” call—the sound, not appearance—but the circumstances in Lakewood, California, make this case of a screech noteworthy. Let’s begin this brief examination by reviewing the June 19, 2012, ropen sighting in Lakewood: a clearly visual experience.

The lady sent me an email. I get sighting reports all the time, descriptions of strange flying creatures that appear to be pterosaurs, reports from around the world, from as far away as Australia, Papua New Guinea (yes, computers are even getting into that country now), Europe, Canada, and other areas. Most reports come from various states of the USA, in spite of the extinction proclamations of skeptics. I get reports from Washington state to Florida, from Maine to California. But the email from this lady struck me. In clear daylight, she saw a medium-sized ropen just above her head, as it was perching on a phone line in her back yard. What struck me was the location: just 2.5 miles (as the ropen flies) from my house.

On June 19th, in the middle of the day, she was interrupted from her computer activity by a strange sound. The dog was barking wildly, but the strange sound did not seem to come from the dog, as the lady stood up and walked a few feet over to Rex. As she looked to where the dog was focused, she was astonished to see a strange creature that then flapped its wings and flew away to the east or east-by-southeast.

Half a mile east-by-southeast of the June 19th sighting location is the home of another lady who encountered something strange. On November 19, 2012, at about 7:00 a.m., this lady heard a strange screech coming from the direction of a palm tree on her property. She described the screech as somewhat different from that of a peacock and not exactly like that of a parrot. She used the words “dinosaur era” in her description of the sound.

It was not the first time she had heard that screech. She told me that the other times were all in daylight hours. I told her about the June 19th sighting and that it was good that she kept her cats indoors at night.

Why was I so attracted to this “earwitness” encounter? The June 19th sighting involved witnessing a ropen flying in the approximate direction to the area of Lakewood where the other lady heard the screech. That palm tree might just possibly be a nesting site.

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Storm channel near border of Long Beach and Lakewood (California)

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Ropen-Pterosaur in Southern California

As the creature unfurled its wings, the lady was surprised by the loud noise, like “heavy fabric.” The long-tailed creature flew off to a large tree in a neighbor’s yard, whereupon the lady ran into her house to tell her husband. The two of them then drove around the neighborhood, camera in hand, searching for what the lady later referred to as a “dragon pteradactal.”

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