Kongamato

Kongamato


Location Kongamato Sightings
Zambia, Angola, and Congo as well as in surrounding areas

Earliest - Latest Reported Kongamato Review
1923 to present


Description About Kongamato
This creature has been reported as looking like a prehistoric pterosaur. It is reddish, with a wingspan of about: 4 to 6 feet and body as long as 4 ½ feet from beak to tail. It is reported to have a long thin tail and long snout that is similar to a dog.

The smell is described during or immediately after a meeting with Kongamato
None reported

Sound - From Kongamato
None reported

Review of interesting details Kongamato
The name 'Kongamato' translates into 'Breaker of Boats'. The appearance of this creature have been reported in Zambia, Angola, and Congo as well as in surrounding areas. The Kongamato said to be a pterosaur-like creature. Natives, who had been asked to describe it, tell the giant bird winged reddish brown skin that has a pointed beak with lots of sharp teeth. When shown pictures of the Pterodactyl natives, they soon identified as Kongamato, but when they were shown pictures of other prehistoric creatures, they regard it as something they are not seen before and that was only the Pterodactyl pictures that interest them.

Frank Melland, describes Kongamato in 1923 his book "In Witchbound Africa. " He paints a picture of Kongamato as creatures who live along a particular river and a very dangerous, often attacking small boats. Melland further explain the creature becomes red and with a wingspan estimated 4 to 7 feet. One of the most striking report on Kongamato is a report by the famous zoologist Ivan T. Sanderson. Sanderson and his team at Percy Salden Expedition to West Africa.

They have been in the process of hunting and Sanderson had noted a large fruit eating bats and fell into the water. Sanderson was walking through a quick moment, when he lost his balance and fell into the water. He then goes on to face the creature that lunge for him the first time and disappeared. As he has made its way to the edge of the River, the creature's back again and this time against fellow Sandrson's nosedive. This worked missed them both and then permanently disappeared into the night.




This is the similarity Kongamato of pterosaurs that have sparked speculation that the prehistoric creatures may still exist in the thick forests of Africa. It is a appearance like a prehistoric creature that inspired the stories spin off the Dinosaurs, pterosaurs and other creatures that live in holes in the heart of African jungle.