The Kongamato or
known as the breaker of boats is reported to be pterosaur-like creature said to
have been seen by the local people and explorers in the swamp of Western
Zambia, Angola and Congo. It is believe to be a modern day Rhamphorhynchus, a
misidentified saddle-billed stork or simply a giant bat. No film has ever been
taken and depend from the story from the eyewitness account only.
Frank Mellan have
describe in his book the In Witchbound Africa 1923, it living
along certain rivers, and very dangerous cause it will attack small boats and
anybody who disturbed the creature. Described to have either red or black in
color, with the wingspan of 4-7 feet. Members of the local tribe identified it
as similar to a species of pterosaur after being shown a picture from Mellan’s
book collection.
depiction of kongamato
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