102. The Kongamato

Pterosaur sightings are reported to this day all over the world, but there is one place that seems to have more sightings than any other- the semi tropical regions of Africa, including Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and Angola. The cryptid is called the Kongamato, but is this elusive creature real or is this just a case of mistaken identity?

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Episode Sources:

• Witchbound Africa 1923- by Frank H. Melland

• https://ia600907.us.archive.org/35/items/inwitchboundaf00mell/inwitchboundaf00mell.pdf

• https://face2faceafrica.com/article/kongamato-the-real-batmen-of-east-africa

• Old Fourlegs JLB Smith

• Percival, A Game Warden on Safari, London, 1928, p. 241.

• https://www.mythical-creatures-and-beasts.com/kongamato.html

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• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Kongamato#articleComments

• https://www.jmplumbley.com/2015/08/06/the-kongamato-destroyer-of-boats-soiler-of-underwear/

• http://zims-en.kiwix.campusafrica.gos.orange.com/wikipedia_en_all_nopic/A/Kongamato

• https://pinebarrensinstitute.com/cryptids/2018/8/18/cryptid-profile-kongamato

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/58151726#:~:text=Pterosaur%20discovered%20in%20Australia%20'closest%20thing%20to%20real%20life%20dragon',-10%20Aug%202021&text=Described%20as%20'the%20closest%20thing,the%20time%20of%20the%20dinosaurs!

• http://www.live-pterosaur.com/Prodigy/Africa/

• https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/evidence/cryptozoological/pterosaurs/kongamato/

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