Live pterosaur; is it objective?

The word is “objective,” and the questions is, “Does it apply?” Some critics, on occasion at least, have accused living-pterosaur investigators of lacking this quality; but is that accusation accurate? Not according to the following page from “Pterosaur Eyewitness.”

In the first edition of my book Live Pterosaurs in America (repeated in the second edition, which should be published within the next few weeks), I brought up actual examples of dreams that two persons had after they fell asleep while driving: a giant bat about to collide with the car, in one dream; a herd of dinosaurs crossing the road, in another dream. . . .

As far as I know, I am the first writer to bring up this possible criticism of literal interpretations of eyewitness encounters with living pterosaurs. I believe it to be potentially one of the stongest possible objections to eyewitness accounts. Yet few of my critics, as far as I am aware (as of late October, 2010) have mentioned this possibility to explain sightings.

I suggest keeping to the evidence itself, rather than risking bulverism by accusing investigators of bias or lack of objectiveness.

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