Theropod and sauropod dinosaurs sighted in PNG?

by Brian Irwin

The author is an Australian who recently visited Papua New Guinea, meeting up with residents of West New Britain who told him1 of two dinosaur-like creatures they have seen in the area. Here is his account.

Therizinosaurus-like dinosaur sighting in West New Britain

Since the 1990s, a large ‘reptilian’ creature has been sighted occasionally on Ambungi Island in West New Britain, Papua New Guinea. Ambungi Island is located on the south coast of West New Britain between Kandrian and Gasmata. The creature has also been sighted on Alage Island,2 about 1km to the south of Ambungi Island.

I interviewed a young man on Ambungi Island, Robert (see figures 1 and 2), who sighted the creature around 2005/2006. The creature was also sighted at the same time by Tony Avil, who was not on Ambungi Island when I was there. Robert does not speak English, so an interpreter was used to translate Pidgin to English.

The creature was described as having a long tail and a long neck and was 10–15 metres in length, with an appearance like a ‘very large wallaby’ and having a head like a turtle’s head.

It walked slowly on two legs and had smooth, shiny brown skin. The top of the head was estimated to be as high as a house and the underbelly of the creature was as high as an adult.

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