By the LP cryptozoologist Jonathan Whitcomb
Let’s begin with the good news: I uploaded a new video to Youtube yesterday, about the sighting at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in about the year 1965, and about how it relates to other sightings. In my opinion, this is the best mini-documentary ever produced on the subject of modern living pterosaurs, at least as an introduction to the encounters people have had with these shocking flying creatures and how a number of sightings relate to Patty Carson’s observation of the “dinosaur” seen in 1965. Take my opinion in context, however: I am the producer and director and narrator for this video, which I titled “The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur.”
Now for the bad news: A few days ago I learned that my friend Patty Carson had passed away. I was not expecting that; I am her senior by many years. Hearing that bad news inspired me to set aside plans for another Youtube production and focus on Patty and on her sighting. It took more than two weeks of hard work to complete the 16-minute video, but I wanted it to have both the quality and length that would honor Patty.
Some persons might wonder how sixteen minutes could be an honorable length for a documentary. Take it in context: On Youtube, a typical video that gets many thousands, or millions, of views is often one of the following:
- Very short but extremely shocking or extremely funny or extremely . . .
- Between five and fifteen minutes long
Neither of the above two, however, generally have high production values that we take for granted in television and film productions, usually nothing remotely close to that. “The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur” does not have that high of a standard but it’s a lot closer than a typical popular Youtube video, and it is longer than many of them.
I acknowledge the exceptional qualities in some Youtube videos, but those are the exceptions.
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From near the beginning of the video (from a family photo)
“The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur” shows how Patty Carson’s sighting in 1965 relates to encounters with strange flying creatures in Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the United States.
Please view this video and feel free to make comments on that page on Youtube.
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An introduction to living pterosaurs
This Youtube video, published in 2015, is almost 13 minutes long.
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Book The Girl who saw a Flying Dinosaur
This is the official home page for the nonfiction cryptozoology book for older kids and younger teens. It should soon be updated to include information on the Youtube video of that same name.
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Eskin Kuhn and Patty Carson are given much attention, yet more eyewitnesses are mentioned [in the non-fiction book], including three siblings of Carson.
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Pterodactyl seen by Patty Carson
Shows the sketch drawn by this eyewitness
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Pterosaur sightings in the United States
Over the past 15 years, I’ve seen hundreds of reports of non-extinct pterosaurs, often called “pterodactyls.” Most of those have been direct contact with eyewitnesses, often emails that they send me. The great majority of those have been from ordinary Americans who have seen extraordinary flying creatures.
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Sighting of a flying creature in Australia
This includes the Perth pterosaur sighting of 1997, among a variety of encounters in Australia.
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