“What can this book do for me?” You can probably best answer that question
yourself, after you’ve read the whole book. For the moment, assuming you do
not yet have your own copy of this paperback, let me introduce this appendage
to the online site, sample pages that mostly show only the top images of many
of the pages. See for yourself if you’d like to read this book in its entirety.
You’ll have nothing to lose by looking at these images of large portions of the
book’s pages. Get the feel for the textual flow and the meat of the subject. See
for yourself what this book has to offer before ordering a copy for yourself.
Paperback
6x9 inches
353 pages
$17.50 SRP
Pub: Apr 18, 2014
written by Jonathan
David Whitcomb of
Murray, Utah
The “Bible of modern
pterosaurs” is one
description for this
nonfiction book.
Copyright 2014 Jonathan David Whitcomb
Understanding the Nature and Purposes of the Book
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Ropens and Finding
God - the revised &
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NOT FICTION
Really True!
The Baptist missionary
James Blume, who is
also a plane pilot, has
helped in a number of
pterosaur expeditions.
U.S.S. Jouett (CG29):
many sailors saw a
huge “pterodactyl”
that flew right over
the ship. This was
later reported to the
two cryptozoologists
Garth Guessman and
Jonathan Whitcomb.
Back cover of book
Author on an expedition
on Umboi Island, PNG
Introduction to the Sample Pages of the Book
Searching for Ropens and Finding God
In central Arkansas, an
eyewitness saw this
huge pterosaur-like
creature fly up from
under a bridge on
which she drove her
truck: shocking!
Acknowledgements: “Two citizens of Papua New
Guinea made possible my interviews with many
eyewitnesses on Umboi Island: Luke Paina and
Mark Kau. On the surface, I appeared to have
little in common with either one, but we soon
became a team . . . in the adventure of searching
for ropens, and interviewing the eyewitnesses of
that creature, on Umboi Island.”
Second page of the acknowledgements:
“Eyewitness testimonies of natives, Australians,
and the American veteran Duane Hodgkinson
gave us priceless evidence. Reports from other
areas of the world later supported our strange
theory of modern living pterosaurs, including
reported sightings in England, Spain, the
Netherlands, various parts of Africa, Singapore,
the Philippines, and other countries, from
persons of various cultures and beliefs.”
Beginning of Introduction: “Expect answers in
this book: why my associates and I traveled to
a remote tropical island to search for living
pterosaurs and why so few professors have
given us any hope that they still live. What
about adventures, with danger, failure, and
success? Yes, expect those, but I hope my
readers will discover more than adventure—
a purpose in life—as worthy a purpose as I
have found. This is not an instruction manual
for finding God, yet I suggest that the spiritual
quest gives you the highest reward.”
Second page of Introduction: “If each of us
listens more thoughtfully to those with whom
we have disagreed in the past, what an
accomplishment! This is not a “how to win
friends” book, yet I will continue to keep that
concept in mind as I write; please keep it in
mind as you read. Each of us needs to listen—
to learn to listen much better, for some of us.”
“Expect to find references to the Biblical fiery
flying serpent and the Flood of Noah. . . .”
Beginning of first chapter: “It looked like a dead
pterodactyl: not fossil bones but with skin, like
it had died recently. Could those creatures, non-
extinct, still fly? Although I could not verify the
photo was genuine, the idea within that image
in a soon-forgotten book would be awakened
four decades later, to plunge me into the most
dramatic adventure of my life: exploring a
remote tropical island, searching for giant
living pterosaurs.”
Start of second chapter: “The phone call from
Texas surprised me, for my inquiry won a quick
response from a friend of Carl Baugh, the ropen
investigator Paul Nation. . . . [We planned] a
video documentary with footage from two ex-
peditions. Selling the videos seemed an ideal
way to fund an expedition in 2004 . . .”
Third chapter: “. . . when I received an email from
Duane Hodgkinson, I thrilled in his account of a
giant flying creature that was clearly unlike any
bird or bat. . . By telephone and letter, [he] told
me more . . .”
Chapter Four: “. . . I have received many different
types of responses . . . [even] being called a
downright liar . . . I was simply telling the truth”
Chapter Five: “. . . She rarely sat for long; but one
evening, as she leaned over the veranda, gazing
at the distant hills . . . a light caught her attention.
Why was it below the top of the ridge . . .?”