Anon. "Adventures of British Explorer in Africa," The Daily News (24 February 1923)
In the lava caves of the Lake Kivu area there exists an animal which is described by the natives as never having been seen or killed by man. The native description of it is: "Very high in the back. Color blue black. No horns, small ears, long jowl. Its teeth meet like those of the hippopotamus. All animals fear it save the gorilla, the lion, and the buffalo. It is entirely carnivorous, and eats three bush buck or marsh antelope a day. It some times attacks human beings. No man can withstand it save with glowing coals or fire, aided by shouts and drum beats close by. If left, unburied when killed, it is a great wizard, and its spirit returns with potent sorcery. No beast of prey will eat its flesh" "I hunted this animal for weeks," said Captain [Tracy] Philipps, "with every known device. When news of its lair was brought, and we found the grass broken at the entrance and a track made on the rock lava, we stopped all entrances but one. We descended, my orderly ...