Description: "On a Saturday morning in 2007, Rex and his younger brother Amos Yapi together with other Umboi island family boarded an outboard motor boat.They left Kapiton coastline and rode slowly along coastline waters down south, enroute Masikel Bay to Bunsil government station. The morning was so dull with immense cloud cover over the tropical coastal forest with mist covering the entire sea. At Misikel Bay there flows a river called Goosh. The mouth of Goosh river is rare, whereby by coastline is
decorated by reddish clay, and this is the entry and exit point of a mysterious mighty flying pterosaur which is known as ropen to many natives of Umboi island. "We approached this hotspot which I never knew but the locals on board the boat did. There in the midst of misty and calm sea
about 200 meters, I could see a long tail of a creature afloat. It has a diamond shaped edge, brownish, scaleless and even featherless. It's body could not be seen due to heavy cloud cover and misty sea surface, and was submerged within shallow reef waters. I pointed towards the scene and said, "Look, there's something floating!" An elderly guy on board who was also the boat owner got up and said, "Papa graun." In Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin language 'papa graun' mean s landlord. So Ropen is highly feared
and even respected as a noble animal by the entire Umboi island natives. He told his son to switch off the motor of the boat which he was steering, in fear of its sound being heard by the Ropen.
Also in Umboi, meeting a Ropen is a scary and highly risky thing to do because this animal is a predator and is huge enough to kill a human being. For almost half an hour we sat afloat inside the boat in silence until the Ropen got out of our sight in the midst of cloud and mist cover. Later we proceeded on when all shadows got cleared. What an encounter to meet a friendly and mighty flying pterosaur on that day. I wish I had a camera that time to take a shot or even film it."
The Ropen Network is honored to have our guest Rex Yapi from PNG join us to speak on his encounter. If you would like to follow Rex on his endeavors, check out his these social network hotspots:
https://www.facebook.com/daniel.piou.7, @rexyapi5580
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