Live Pterosaurs in
the United States
Scott Norman Sighting
The location they kept secret but it's
known to be on the west coast of the
United States. Some of the men had been
on cryptozoological expeditions in Africa
or Papua New Guinea, including Norman.

 
Ropen in Kentucky
In the spring of 2008, a man walked out
the back door of his house and noticed
some kind of creature flying high overhead:
a "pterodactyl."
 
 
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary - Report of a Ropen Sighting
at the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, the man saw something that he later connected with the ropen of Papua New Guinea: a long-tailed pterosaur-like creature. . . no feathers.
 
 
Pterosaurs in Texas
While driving his cruiser through the wee hours one morning 1976, Policeman Arturo Padilla of San Benito, Texas, spotted something unusual in his headlights. It looked like a big bird. A really big bird.
 
 
Preview of Nonfiction Book
"Live Pterosaurs in America" includes details on the South Carolina sighting by Wooten

South Carolina Sighting
saw it when driving down the highway. . .
It looked as big as any car, and had NO feathers, not like a huge crane or egret, but like a humongous bat. . . . Big thing coming out of its forehead . . .
 
Modern Pterosaurs
The ropen of Papua New Guinea has been described by some eyewitnesses as a "pterodactyl."
 
Are Pterosaurs Alive in the USA?
On February 24, 1976 three school teachers in San Antonio, Texas were driving . . . Suddenly a shadow appeared, engulfing the entire width of the road. Looking upward they caught sight of an enormous flying creature they had never seen before. . . no feathers 
. . .  resembled a Pteranodon.
 
Pterosaur Sightings
to document, then analyze, eyewitness accounts of living pterosaurs

At least six Americans participated, beginning in the 1990’s with Carl Baugh of Texas, followed by Paul Nation, and (in 2004) Jonathan Whitcomb, Garth Guessman, and David Woetzel (cryptozoologists).