Mokele-Mbembe the monster of the African swamps
The mokele-mbembe is a creature whose existence has not yet been proven, which would live in the Likouala swamp region of Congo. Although there is no certain evidence about it, some local populations claim to have sighted the mysterious creature on several occasions, providing numerous details about it. Since the early years of the seventeenth century, European travelers in Central Africa have reported the existence of a monstrous and mysterious creature. According to the French abbot Proyart, who published a history of Africa in 1776, some missionaries found traces with nail marks measuring over 90 centimeters at intervals of more than 2 meters. The Pygmies of the swamps of Likouala , Congo, claim to have spotted several times the mysterious animal, which they call mokele-mbembe, described as a shy semi-aquatic creature, the size of an elephant, with four solid legs, a thin tail about 3 meters long and neck of almost 2 meters. The animal leaves footprints on the ground in which three ...