Case file · Cryptid
The tretretretre
Flacourt also described the tretretretre, a solitary animal 'as big as a two-year-old calf' with a round head and a face like a man's, which people of the south feared.
1658 CE · -25.02, 46.99 · status: disputed
The account
Since the 19th century zoologists have connected it with the giant subfossil lemurs such as Megaladapis or Palaeopropithecus, some of which may have survived until about 500 years ago. Its name and description are among the few historical clues to how late they lived.
The sceptical view
It may also be a garbled account of a known animal or a folk tale; no remains as young as 1658 have been dated.