Emela-ntouka
From: http://www.angelfire.com/bc2/cryptodominion/frames.html
Emela-ntouka (Congo Rainforest
AFRICA): A rather interesitng beast, there is much confusion over
it's identity. There has been so much confusion regarding congolese
cryptids, that many of them get lumped together and their identities
warped. So it is with emela-ntouka. It is usualy said to be a squat
creature with a long, strong tail and a single ivory horn protruding
from it's snout. Sounds like a ceratopsian dinosaur. But, the forest
rhinos reported from the Congo, which are specified to definitely
be rhinos, are called emela-ntouka by the natives. And to add to
the confusion, a sculpture from that same region (pictured top)
portrays an animal that seems to blend the characterisitcs of the "popular" emela-ntouka
and the "rhinoceroid" emela-ntouka. The creature in the
sculpture is definitely a mammal, as it's elephant-like ears show,
and it reminds me much of a titanothere, but they didn't have a
thick tail like that! I can only asume that it is some formof large
mammal
who's identity will remain unknonw until one is captured. |
