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The Ropen is a flying cryptid1 alleged to live in the vicinity of Papua New Guinea.2 According to the book Searching for Ropens, it is "any featherless creature that flies in the Southwest Pacific, and has a tail-length more than 25% of its wingspan." On Umboi Island the word "ropen" refers to a large nocturnal creature that glows briefly as it flies.3 The ropen is the subject of folklore (like a man but also like a spirit) but it's believed by some natives to be a real animal.4 Descriptions vary, but it is often said to be batlike,5 and sometimes, Pterosaur-like;6 although pterosaurs are believed to have been extinct for 65 million years.78 The ropen is believed to be nocturnal and to exhibit bioluminescence.910 Purportedly it lives on a diet of fish,11 though there have been some reports of the creature feasting on human flesh, especially grave robbery.121314
Investigations
As an attempt to discredit mainstream scientific views on the age of the Earth, several expeditions15 have been embarked upon by American creation scientists, including Carl Baugh, Paul Nation, Jonathan Whitcomb,16 David Woetzel, and Garth Guessman.
In late 2006, Paul Nation, of Texas, explored a remote mountainous area on the mainland of Papua New Guinea.17 He videotaped two lights that the local natives called "indava." Paul Nation believed the lights were from the bioluminescence of creatures similar to the ropen of Umboi Island. The video was analyzed by a missile defense physicist who reported that the two lights on the video were not from any fires, meteors, airplanes or camera artifacts. He also reported that the image of the two lights was not caused by any paste-on hoax.18 Later, the ropen was the subject of an episode of Destination Truth. Host Joshua Gates captured images of luminescent objects in the sky that could not be identified.19 20
References
- ^ http://www.cryptozoology.com/cryptids/ropen.php.
- ^ Pterosaur-like Creatures Reported in Papua New Guinea
- ^ Expedition - A Pterodactyl in Papua New Guinea
- ^ PSL Gideon was terrified by the ropen
- ^ Living pterosaurs are not Flying Fox fruit bats
- ^ PSL Is the ropen a pterosaur?
- ^ Penny et al. (2004) The rise of birds and mammals: are microevolutionary processes sufficient for macroevolution?. Trends in ecology & evolution vol. 19 (10) pp. 516-22
- ^ Robertson et al. (2004) Survival in the first hours of the Cenozoic. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
- ^ http://www.ropens.com/
- ^ Bioluminescent Organisms
- ^ Whitcomb's Book, Searching For Ropens, Asserts Pterodactyl Reported In Papua New Guinea - EWORLDWIRE
- ^ Michael of Opai Village and the ropen light
- ^ What Happened to Pterosaurs page 2
- ^ Jim Blume's ropen investigations in Papua New Guinea
- ^ Flying Dinosaurs in Papua New Guinea
- ^ PSL Ropen Light Sighting by David Woetzel
- ^ Living Pterosaur Expedition of 2006
- ^ Analysis of the Ropen-light Video, pg-1
- ^ Destination Truth - Ropen Episode (living pterosaur)
- ^ Season 1 - Episode 0103 - Page 3 | Destination Truth | SCIFI.COM
- Credibility of the Umboi Island eyewitnesses
- Indava and Ropen of Papua New Guinea
- Live Pterosaurs and Evolution
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