#nguma-monene

[labete-du-gevaudan]

This drawing of the nguma-monene was illustrated by David Miller. Cryptozoologist Roy P. Mackal was a devoted researcher when it came to this creature. It is seen in the Motaba River that winds its way through Eastern Cameroon and the Republic of the Congo. The nguma-monene was described as a reptilian creature that could grow up to 40 feet in length. It had a low riding body with strong legs, brown-grey colored skin, a snake-like head and neck, as well as a forked tongue. The creature notably had a spiny ridge that ran along its spine. Mackal was convinced with the stories, saying plainly that the eyewitnesses knew what they were seeing. He said that there was "no possibility whatsoever that the creature could have been an oversized crocodile".

[cryptid-quest]

Cryptid of the Day: Nguma-Monene

Description: Though its name means “big python” in the Lingala language, Nguma-Monene is described as an elongated lizard, with serrated crests on its back and a long neck. Like many supposed African cryptids, its primarily seen in the Congo jungle, first documented 1961 by the daughter of a Congolese official. Ten years later, in 1971, a missionary named Jospeh Ellis also reported seeing a similar creature. He described it as 10 meters long, around a meter wide, and grayish brown in color. Cryptozoologist Roy Mackal, while on an expedition for the fabled Mokele-Mbembe, collected stories of the Nguma-Monene as well, and even called it “Africa’s most mysterious reptilian cryptid”.

[corvidaeus]

#11 - Nguma-monene

The nguma-monene is a river monster said to live in the Ubangi tributary of the Congo river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In sightings, the creature has been described as a very large reptile, with just its tail estimated to be ten metres long. It is thought that the nguma-monene may represent an unknown species of crocodilian, or possibly even an ancient species of aquatic reptile, such as mosasaurus.

[notaconspiracytheorist]

Cryptid ABCs: Nguma-Monene

The Nguma-Monene is a cryptid from the Congo. "Nguma" means python, and "Monene" means large in the Lingala language. It is a lizard like monster with a taste for hippos.

The creature is described as having a low slung lizard like body, with a massive spiny ridge on it's back. The animal is described as the tail end being over 10 feet long, suggesting a creature well over 30 feet long, and seems to be amphibious in nature. Some descriptions tell of a forked tongue, similar to a monitor lizard. The scaly skin in a grayish brown with a lighter neck and underbelly.

The Nguma-Monene has been seen killing Hippos which, given the sheer size and aggression of a Hippopotamus, is a pretty awesome feat. It has also been seen eating birds and monkeys from trees.

One explanation for the creature is that it is a surviving Spinosaurid, meaning that it would be a living dinosaur. It has been proposed that it could also be a relative of Dolichosaurus. The Nguma-Monene could also be a new species of monitor lizard. The other main explanation put forth is that these sightings are simply misidentification of crocodiles, or maybe even a Nile monitor lizard, since both live in the Congo.

[cryptid-quest]

Cryptid of the Day: Nguma-monene

Description: Stories dating back to 1890′s tell of a snake like cryptid with diamond shaped ridges on its back. Dubbed the Nguma-monene, the creature has been theorized to be a surviving Pelycosaur or a misidentified snake or crocodile. 

[cryptids-of-the-world]

The Nguma-Monene is an alleged living Spinosaurus fond living in the Republic of Congo. The Nguma-Monene is described as a living Spinosaurus described as having a large sail on its back and in some cases more than one, sharp teeth and claws,and a long tail. The Nguma-Monene is often seen going in out of the water and sometimes even peeking out of the water and it seems to be more interested than fish than in humans however it is known to be territorial and will attack if provoked or if one goes too close.

[labete-du-gevaudan]

Among the many other cryptids that are said to roam the rainforests and rivers of the Congo comes the Nguma-monene. It’s name can literally be translated to “large python”: nguma meaning python, boa, or snake and monene meaning large. Descriptions say it is anywhere from 130 to 200 feet long and has a plated ridge running down the length of its back. It also has a forked tongue that is used much like a snake’s, and flicks in and out of the creatures mouth. 

[chris-henschel]

Inktober day 14.

N is for Nguma-monene (Republic of the Congo)