Library of Cryptozoology

In ... some rivers are hidden Ndumba wa meia (water lion), Ripata (huge crocodile) and Tshife (great water snake) ... They say that Ndumba wa meia savages the hippo with ease and leaves a red trail wherever it goes; it can stop the flow of the river, divert its normal course and punish exploratory boatmen.

There are [in West Africa] certain other creatures about the size of a ram, which have wings and tails like dragons, and a long snout, with divers rows of teeth, and which eat raw flesh. Their colour is azure blue and green, their skin having the appearance of scales, and they are two-footed creatures. The pagan natives worship them as gods, and to this day some are preserved as wonders by these people. To make them still more valued, the nobles have them in their own keeping, in order to obtain from those who come to worship them gifts and oblations.

Kayeke (legendary primate) Legendary primate, which would exist in Zaire, and which, so the natives say, would be an anthropoid, similar in everything to man, since it also has a language of its own. Tambwe ya meia (water lion) Legendary animal, of great dimensions, whose snout is read, like a mukiche mask. It is so big that it can be mistaken for the trunk of a leafy tree. Zuje (legendary animal) Legendary animal, like a saurian, of monstrous dimensions. It is so long that, if it crosses a river, where it generally lives, it can serve as a bridge and be mistaken for the trunk of a large, leafy tree. Memories of prehistoric animals like the brontosaur, perhaps.