Case file · Cryptid
Ahool of the Salak mountains
Naturalist Ernst Bartels reported in 1927 being swooped on by a huge bat-like creature in the Salak mountains of West Java, named for its call, 'a-hool'.
1927 CE · -6.72, 106.73 · status: account
The sceptical view
Most zoologists think witnesses saw large fruit bats (flying foxes) or owls; no specimen exists.