Pterosaurs in Africa
by Phillip O'Donnell
A pterosaur-like reptile is being reported in Kenya and other places in Africa. It is called the Kongamato by the natives in the area around Kenya. They say it has a 3 to 4 foot wingspan and is bat-like in appearance. These nocturnal scavengers are said to have no feathers and spend the day in caves.
A story came from a foreign exchange student from the Louisiana State University. He called Dr. Kent Hovind and said:
“Dr. Hovind, I am from Kenya, Africa. I just watched one of your video tapes where you said pterodactyls are still in Kenya. We have them in my village! They have a wingspan of approximately three to four feet. They have no feathers, only skin. They are active at night. Their favorite food is decaying human flesh. If we bury someone who dies we must bury them
deep or this creature will dig them up and eat them.”
(Claws, Jaws, & Dinosaurs by Dr. Kent Hovind and Dr. Bill Gibbons page 55)
A man named Frank H. Melland was in Zambia in 1923, asking the natives what the Kongamato was. They told him that it was a lizard with bat-like wings. They remarked that the wingspan was between 4 and 7 feet. It is also red in color and has teeth in it’s beak. When Mr. Melland showed them a picture of a pterosaur they said Kongamato was the “bird” he had illustrated to them.
In 1923 an odd set of tracks was found by A. Blayney Percival. The natives told him that they were from a night creature that flew down from Mt. Kenya.
Close to swamp in Zambia, a man was harassed by a giant flying reptile, which the native identified as a pterosaur. The beast’s long beak inflicted a severe chest injury on the man.
Also in Zambia, J. Brown saw two unusual flying creatures in 1956. He described them as having long tails and dog-like snouts. As they flew back he noticed that they had fang-like teeth and again, their wingspans were about 3 feet.
Ivan T. Sanderson saw a very interesting creature in Cameroon during 1932. As he was crossing a river in his boat an eagle-sized, hissing creature flew right at him, causing him to fall out of his boat. Shortly after, the creature came back and he was able to see it more clearly. It had large bat-like wings and a mouth full of teeth. The natives call this terrifying creature, “Olitu.” This creature is probably the same as Kongamato.
Cryptozoologist and author, Dr. Roy Mackal led an expedition into Nambia in 1988. He discovered sightings of a gigantic, flying creature with a wingspan of up to 30 feet. The flying monster was usually seen in the evening and mostly glided instead of flapping. A member of the expedition claimed to have seen it flying about 1,000 feet away. The shape he described was that of an enormous bird with black and white markings.
In 1974, people on a expedition supposedly saw an enormous, pterosaur-like creature in Kenya.
These sightings in Africa seem to indicate there is not only a pterosaur, but possibly a variety of pterosaurs such as Pteranodon, Rhamphorhynchus, and maybe Germanodactylus.
