“Pterodactyls” in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas

Many eyewitnesses have called the flying creatures “pterodactyls,” although the correct name for the large non-bat featherless flyer is “pterosaur.” Let’s examine some of what has been reported on sightings in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Texarkana, Arkansa, Sighting, About 1982 I received an email from this eyewitness many years ago. We saw the creature for …

Arkansas – New Report of an old Sighting

Many of the eyewitness reports that I receive are delayed, sometimes many years after a sighting. A few days ago, an eyewitness reported a summer-of-1977 sighting in western Arkansas: a “small teradactyl.” She estimated the wingspan at eight feet (eyewitnesses have different perspectives on what is a normal pterosaur size). I don’t normally ask why it took so long to …

Video About Support for Modern Pterosaurs on YouTube

By Jonathan Whitcomb Many videos on YouTube are positive about the possibility that not all “pterodactyls” became extinct millions of years ago. On November 24, 2023, a video was uploaded on the YT channel Protect Animal Life, and it directs viewers to six other videos that are on five channels: Pterodactyl or Flying Dinosaur NOT …