Over the last few years there seems to be a rise in pterodactyl sighting reports. There are also some older, Civil War era, photographs that float around on the internet of what is perceived as a dead pterodactyl.Some of those old photographs are reportedly from some movie and are passed around as the real deal.
Pterodactyl is the common word many people use to describe to two famous pterosaurs of the Mesozoic Era: Pteranodon and Pterodactylus. Most of us only know it as a a large flying animal that lived long ago when dinosaurs were alive. But with the recent sightings, it may make people wonder if some are still alive.
While some sightings are harder to debunk, I think there is a good explanation for some of the sightings.