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Stilt-hut on a tiny island in the Siassi Islands group |
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Islander from Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea |
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Papua New Guinea |
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Just north of Australia, and far south of the Philippines, Papua New Guinea is an independent island nation, sharing the largest island (“mainland”) with Indonesia. Aside from the “mainland,” some of the larger islands are New Britain, New Ireland, and Bougainville. Being just south of the equator, Papua New Guinea is tropical, with some of the most isolated rainforests in the world. Port Moresby, the capital, is the largest city; Lae, in Morobe Province, is second largest. Rabaul, on New Britain Island, was a major city until it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in 1994. Hundreds of languages are spoken in small village communities, some of which are rarely visited by outsiders. The rugged mountainous terrain of the mainland interior makes travel difficult, leaving open the possibility that small human settlements on the island of New Guinea may still be undiscovered. Perhaps the most amazing potential discovery is of a strange flying creature that some natives call “ropen.” Another name for it, in Tawa Village in the interior, is “indava.” A few Americans have been exploring on the mainland and on Umboi Island, searching for this giant featherless creature that they believe is a pterosaur. Two expeditions, in late 2006 and early 2007, resulted in video evidence for the bioluminescent quality of the elusive nocturnal ropen. |
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Flag by Željko Heimer - from: FOTW Flags Of The World website at http://flagspot.net/flags/ |
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(Environmental), Lae, Morobe Prov., Papua New Guinea
People of Umboi Is.,
(very large bird)
Papua New Guinea
New Guinea (a little more introduction)
Book on living pterosaurs in Papua New Guinea: Searching for Ropens
Comments from readers of the first edition of the ropen book (reviews)
Cryptozoology expe- ditions in Papua New Guinea
(language maps)
(The term Papuan refers to those languages of the western Pacific that do not belong to either the Austronesian or the Australian group.)
Tok Pisin Translation, Resources, and Discussion (language of Tok Pisin)
“Fr. Frank Mihalic spent 50 years as a Catholic missionary in Papua New Guinea . . . a promoter of Tok Pisin literacy.” |
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Press Release: New Hampshire businessman, David Woetzel, saw a glowing form flying towards mountain on Umboi Island, Papua New Guinea.
Glowing Creatures Videotaped In “. . . explorers think are bioluminescent pterosaurs . . .” |
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(Press Release) . . . prehistoric-looking creature flying in Papua New Guinea . . .
“Leathery-skinned creatures with pointed head crests and bird-like beaks fly over the interior of a tropical island in Papua New Guinea.” |
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“Opinions . . . are categorized into . . . Evolution and Creation, but are there really only two points of view?”
Eyewitnesses: comparing one witness with another “When two eyewitness testimonies agree on several points, the credibility of the most natural . . . interpretation of those points is strengthened.” |
