Case file · Cryptid
Kongamato
A pterosaur-like flying creature, 'overwhelmer of boats', reported from the Jiundu swamps of western Zambia and neighbouring areas.
1923 CE · -11.73, 24.43 · status: claim
The account
Frank Melland's 1923 book In Witch-Bound Africa brought it to Western attention. It is grouped with similar 'living pterosaur' claims such as the ropen of Papua New Guinea.
The sceptical view
Skeptics point to known animals with prehistoric-looking features, such as the saddle-billed stork or large bats.