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Eyewitnesses: Hodgkinson and Hennessy compared |
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Duane Hodgkinson (an American World War II vet) and Brian Hennessy (an Australian who works as a psychologist in a medical university in China) both saw what they called “prehistoric” creatures flying in Papua New Guinea. |
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When Duane Hodgkinson and his army buddy turned their heads towards the far side of a jungle clearing, near Finschhafen, New Guinea, in 1944, they both assumed that pterodactyls (technically called pterosaurs) were extinct. They were shocked to see a creature, with no sign of feathers and with a wingspan similar to that of a Piper Tri-Pacer airplane, fly up out of the clearing. It disappeared beyond the jungle vegetation but soon returned, “presenting a perfect side view” of itself. Hodgkinson was fascinated by the long pointed appendage coming out the back of the “pterodactyl’s” head. And the tail was at least ten to fifteen feet long.
When Brian Hennessy’s group were driving down a dirt road from a ridge on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea, in 1971, they were startled to see a long-tailed creature, with no sign of feathers, fly overhead. Hennessy noticed a horn-like appendage came out of the back of the creature’s head. But what first caught his attention was the sound of the wing flaps; when he looked up, he then saw the “prehistoric” creature. |
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When two eyewitness testi- monies agree on several points, the credibility of the most natural or direct interpretation of those points is strengthened. Accumu- lating evidence strengthens the case. |
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1) No indication of feathers
2) Pointed head crest at back of head
3) Overall, dark color
4) Tail at least ten to fifteen feet long
5) Loud swishing sound of wing-flaps
6) One or two seconds per wing-flap
7) “Prehistoric” appearance
8) On mainland of Papua New Guinea
Hodgkinson is a professional flight instructor whose profession requires high credibility. He would not per- petrate a hoax that would damage his credibility. |
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1) No sign of feathers
2) Pointed horn at back of head
3) Overall, dark color
4) Longish narrow tail
5) Loud swishing sound of wing-flaps
6) Two seconds per wing-flap
7) “Prehistoric” appearance
8) Bougainville Is., Papua New Guinea
Hennessy is a professional psychologist whose profession requires high credibility. He would not perpetrate a hoax that would damage his credibility. |
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Duane Hodgkinson |
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Brian Hennessy |
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Head of creature seen in 1944 by Hodgkinson |
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Head of creature seen in 1971 by Hennessy (except bumps on neck; these were added by the artist, not B.H.) |
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More in the book “Searching for Ropens” (Living Pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea) by Whitcomb |