Comments on: “Flying Dinosaurs” http://www.cryptozoonews.com/flying-dinos-06/ Posts by Loren Coleman Sat, 19 Apr 2025 21:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Loren Coleman http://www.cryptozoonews.com/flying-dinos-06/comment-page-1/#comment-1096 Loren Coleman Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:15:58 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flying-dinosaurs/#comment-1096 Eyewitness descriptions have no relationship to “what” a cryptid might really be. In other words, the fantastic notion that one says they see a pterosaur does not mean that a person has actually viewed a pterosaur.

People see pterodactyls as the source of leathery-winged weirdie encounters because they are conditioned to expect “flying dinos” from the movies.

Furthermore, eyewitness credibility with measures of things seen in the sky is lacking. The wingspan of the flying fox (Pteropus sp.) is 6.5 feet, but might appear to be twice or more that wide by a scared eyewitness.

Also, of course, all that exists in nature has not as yet been found in the fossil record.

]]> By: Loren Coleman http://www.cryptozoonews.com/flying-dinos-06/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 Loren Coleman Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:47:56 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flying-dinosaurs/#comment-1094 The most compelling theory for the “Big Bird” sightings of Texas was that they were of a large bat, perhaps even a cryptid bat.

]]> By: Loren Coleman http://www.cryptozoonews.com/flying-dinos-06/comment-page-1/#comment-1092 Loren Coleman Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:07:20 +0000 http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/flying-dinosaurs/#comment-1092 Yep, that’s why “flying dinosaurs” is a phrase placed in quotation marks. :-)

And it is a double-barreled pun, too, with all the talk of Thunderbirds (as opposed to quails) here.

Enjoy.

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