Case file · Cryptid
Komodo 'land crocodile' confirmed
Rumours of giant 'land crocodiles' on Komodo were confirmed in 1910 when Dutch officer J.K.H. van Steyn van Hensbroek obtained a specimen; Peter Ouwens described the Komodo dragon in 1912.
1910 CE · -8.55, 119.45 · status: explained
The account
A textbook case of a creature known locally (as ora) long before Western science accepted it. The Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard, reaching about 3 m.
Connections in the atlas
- The 'land crocodile' of Komodo