The Impundulu or Lightning Bird is a supernatural bird from Pondo, Zulu, and Xhosa folklore. Of course, the image is familiar to us thanks to Hollywood. Theories on Kongomato sightings range from bad lighting to the possibility that an unknown species may exist in inaccessible places. A similar creature goes by other names in other parts of Africa. This cryptid lives in rivers and swamps and has a huge wingspan, but no feathers. It was first described in English by explorer Frank Welland in 1932, although local legend goes back much further. KongamatoĪ flying monster called Kongamato in Zambia, Angola, and Congo is described as a flying reptile we may recognize as a pterosaur. There are actually freshwater eels abundant in South Africa that grow to around six feet long, but that pales in comparison to the stories of the Inkanyamba. They are said to have fins and/or flippers and grow to tremendous size. The ancient legends say Inkanyambas can control the weather. The Inkanyamba is a huge carnivorous eel-like animal in the legends of the Zulu and Xhosa people of South Africa. The Grootslang pictured was featured on the Cartoon Network series The Secret Saturdays. Supposedly, its cave is full of diamonds, but no one knows for sure because the Grootslang guards it well. However, a Grootslang or two escaped this fate and reproduced. The story is that the original Grootslang was found to be too powerful, so the gods subdivided the animal into two species: the elephant and the snake. Grootslang is an Afrikaans word meaning "great snake." The monster of that name lives in a cave called the Wonder Hole in the Richtersveld area of South Africa. There are so many nations and discrete communities in Africa that the problem here was not finding the legendary stories, but whittling down the list to a manageable number. The legendary monsters series continues with some scary stories from Africa.
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