| In 1944, Flight instructor Duane Hodgkinson | | | | the glow came from the bioluminescence released |
| claimed that he saw a "pterodactyl" near | | | | by these creatures. |
| Finschhafen on the northeast coast of the Morobe | | | | To differentiate it from the Flying Fox bat which |
| province of Papua New Guinea. He described it as | | | | the local people refer to as "blak bokus" or |
| a flying creature that had a wingspan as large as | | | | "byung," Ropens were classified as featherless |
| that of the Piper Tri-Pacer airplane that he owns. | | | | flying creatures with a tail length that's more than |
| Hodgkinson said that the creature had a head | | | | twenty five percent of its wingspan. The end of |
| crest and that its tail was more or less fifteen | | | | its tail is known to have a "flange" or "diamond" |
| feet long. | | | | on it. |
| Fifty years after the first known sighting, Gideon | | | | As for its color, the Ropens are reported to carry |
| Koro, Wesley Koro, and Mesa Agustin claimed | | | | a wide variety of natural dark colors. Most of the |
| that they saw a similar creature flying above the | | | | sightings noted that the creatures were brown - |
| lake "Pung". Each of the creature's wings was at | | | | ranging from black or dark brown to a reddish |
| least seven meters long. They were sure that it | | | | tan. Some however, pointed that the Ropens that |
| had no feathers. The long tail's end was diamond | | | | they saw were grayish or bluish. Natives say that |
| shaped and its mouth looked like that of a | | | | these creatures feed on fish and clams. However, |
| crocodile. | | | | some regard that Ropens also feed on human |
| The creatures that Hodgkinson and the Koros | | | | flesh. |
| saw are often referred to by many crypto | | | | Years passed by and many sightings of the same |
| zoologists as the Ropen. According to the | | | | creature in Umboi Island and other areas near it |
| description of the Ropen hunters, these creatures | | | | were reported. Among the most recent sightings |
| are pterodactyl-like beings. What makes the | | | | was that of Paul Nation from Texas. While he |
| Ropen akin to these age-old dinosaurs is the fact | | | | was on an exploration tour in the mountainous |
| they have no feathers and they generally look like | | | | area of Papua New Guinea, he had captured the |
| giant bats, but with mouths like that of a | | | | sight of two "lights" in a video. |
| crocodile, characterized with a beak-like form. | | | | Nation believed that the lights were remnants of |
| Ropens have been reported to live in the area of | | | | the bioluminescence from creatures. When the |
| Papua New Guinea, specifically in Umboi Island. | | | | video was analyzed, it was confirmed that the |
| According to the natives of the area, the ropens | | | | lights were definitely not from meteors, fires, |
| are nocturnal creatures that glow. The natives call | | | | airplanes, or electrical light. Nor was it a camera |
| that glow "indava". Crypto zoologists claimed that | | | | default, a photo effect or an add-on hoax. |