Kongamato

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The Kongamato ("overwhelmer of boats") is a pterosaurlike cryptid reportedly seen by members of the indigenous population and researchers in the Jiundu Swamps in the Mwinilunga district of western Zambia, Angola, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been suggested that it may be a surviving pterosaur like a Rhamphorynchus, a giant bat, or an unidentified bird (such as the morphologically similar saddle-billed stork). Skeptics have argued that such sightings are likely the misidentification of known fauna with superficially prehistoric features. Most accounts are based on large wounds and eyewitness testimony. The kongamato has been discussed alongside similar pterosaurlike cryptids, like the ropen and duah of Papua New Guinea, as well as the Texas "big bird".

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