2016 Papua New Guinea – Aivet Island
About 1992 John Manlel of Aviet Island had a startling encounter along the mangrove strewn shores of the island with what he described as a bright green dinosaur. He had been canoeing along the shores of the island around 4 pm when he accidentally startled the creature from about 20 or so yards away in open water. The animal attempted to submerge quickly but struggled because of how it was built. John said he watched it for about 5 minutes. He said he knew it lived on land because of the way it was built. The creature had two short hand like front legs and much bigger back ones. The body was about 12 feet long with a very thick five-to-six-foot long tail that was about eight inches wide. The animal moved its tail back and forth as it moved through the water. John said the head looked like that of a dinosaur. The skin was rough like a crocodile and over-all build was kangaroo in shape. The creature had a small saw-like structure on its back that became much bigger from back legs to the end of its tail. There may have been an outlying ridge of small saw-like structures along its tail, like that of a crocodile. If I can remember correctly, the central ridge ran in between these. John said he never told anyone but family of this story until he told Brian and I. He was frozen terrified by the creature and was adamant that it was a dinosaur of some sort.
John Manlel, the witness at AIVET island is the man in green. Brian Irwin is with him in 1st pic. I am in pic with camouflage shirt. Last photo is of approximate are of Johns sighting off Avet island/