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The iguanodon is a massive reptile, believed to be a remnant of the Mesozoic era (about 120 million years ago). These creatures have appeared in a number of sci-fi works, including The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Disney's Dinosaur,(which featured an iguanodon as a main character.
Two iguanodon sightings were reported in December 1999, when a large animal resembling an iguanodon was seen wading in shallow water along the shore of Lake Murray in the Western Province in Papua New Guinea.
Neil Mandt of the Destination Truth team says, "Papua New Guinea is referred to as a lost world. A large percentage of the country—over half of it—has not been explored properly. It's all jungle. To the extent that something could live there, it's entirely possibly that there are uncataloged animals of some type." (From "Have Truth Will Travel," SCI FI Magazine, June 2007)
The cryptid allegedly walks either on its hind legs or on all fours. Descriptions suggest that it has brownish-green skin that provides camouflage in its jungle surroundings, a head similar in shape to that of a cow, and large, powerful jaws.
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