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Cryptid File 060C - Ropen

Location: Papua, New Guinea

Evidence: Sightings, Footage of bioluminecent creatures, native folklore

My thoughts and theories: You already know my stance on creationists in Cryptozoology [link]

So I won't focus on that this time. Instead I'll focus on the creature at hand. I'll admit, I never really did put mutch stock into the Ropen. Kongamato yes, but Ropen no. I'm a bit more convinced now what with seeing footage of odd glowing flying creatures in the small country, which was one of the reasons I never put too much faith in it. That and creationist hop all over it, thats what steered me away the most. The most well known theory of what the Ropen truly is, is that it is a surving pterosaur. In the creationist view it is unchanged and thus god must be real. Re- tarded. I'm sorry, I'll focus on the Ropen as I should. Anyway, the Ropen is said to produce a bioluminecent glow while it flies at night. If true, then why? Is it a sexual display? A way to attract flying prey? Just being groovy? Whatever the reason, Monsterquest captured unknown flying creatures over New Guinea, glowing for all the world to see. Now, the other theories regarding the Ropen are that it is a large bat or possibly a nocturnal bird. The wings of some birds do look like pterosaurs so its not too far fetched. But not the leathery quality that the species is said to exhibit. The giant bat theory does sound very neat, for a glowing bat would be able to easily attract prey. The creature is also known to to have a large beak with sharp teeth. Unbird like, but like some pterosaurs. The cryptid is also known to have a long tail that trails behind it in it's nocturnal flights. The Ropen is also known as the Du'ah and has been said to dig up graves. It is also said to have a 23 foot wingspan, similar to a Pteranodon. Odd, considering that some people believe that it is a hybrid of a Pteranodon and Ramphorynchus, thes two species lived MILLIONS of years apart so the creationist go down yet another point. This seems like it would have to be an evolved pterosaur to exhibit all of these traits. For a pterosaur would need stronger arms than those in the fossil record to dig for long enough periods of time in order to get the the fresh corpse. The creature is also said to feast mainly on fish, so maybe it's lights are used to bring fish and squid to the surface at night? I need more non-biased expiditions to be conducted before I can really say much more on the Ropen.

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Cryptid Files: [link]

Description
Cryptid File 060C - Ropen

Location: Papua, New Guinea

Evidence: Sightings, Footage of bioluminecent creatures, native folklore

My thoughts and theories: You already know my stance on creationists in Cryptozoology [link]

So I won't focus on that this time. Instead I'll focus on the creature at hand. I'll admit, I never really did put mutch stock into the Ropen. Kongamato yes, but Ropen no. I'm a bit more convinced now what with seeing footage of odd glowing flying creatures in the small country, which was one of the reasons I never put too much faith in it. That and creationist hop all over it, thats what steered me away the most. The most well known theory of what the Ropen truly is, is that it is a surving pterosaur. In the creationist view it is unchanged and thus god must be real. Re- tarded. I'm sorry, I'll focus on the Ropen as I should. Anyway, the Ropen is said to produce a bioluminecent glow while it flies at night. If true, then why? Is it a sexual display? A way to attract flying prey? Just being groovy? Whatever the reason, Monsterquest captured unknown flying creatures over New Guinea, glowing for all the world to see. Now, the other theories regarding the Ropen are that it is a large bat or possibly a nocturnal bird. The wings of some birds do look like pterosaurs so its not too far fetched. But not the leathery quality that the species is said to exhibit. The giant bat theory does sound very neat, for a glowing bat would be able to easily attract prey. The creature is also known to to have a large beak with sharp teeth. Unbird like, but like some pterosaurs. The cryptid is also known to have a long tail that trails behind it in it's nocturnal flights. The Ropen is also known as the Du'ah and has been said to dig up graves. It is also said to have a 23 foot wingspan, similar to a Pteranodon. Odd, considering that some people believe that it is a hybrid of a Pteranodon and Ramphorynchus, thes two species lived MILLIONS of years apart so the creationist go down yet another point. This seems like it would have to be an evolved pterosaur to exhibit all of these traits. For a pterosaur would need stronger arms than those in the fossil record to dig for long enough periods of time in order to get the the fresh corpse. The creature is also said to feast mainly on fish, so maybe it's lights are used to bring fish and squid to the surface at night? I need more non-biased expiditions to be conducted before I can really say much more on the Ropen.

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Cryptid Files: [link]