Kongamato
| Kongamato | |
| An artist's impression of the kongamato attacking a boat. | |
| Kongamato | |
| Parent | Pterosauria |
| First sighting | 1923 |
The Kongamato ("breaker of boats") is a cryptozoological, pterosaur-like creature reportedly seen by members of the indigenous population and researchers in the Jiundu Swamps in the Mwinilunga district of western Zambia, Angola, and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has been suggested that it may be a modern-day Rhamphorhynchus, an unidentified bird (such as the very large and peculiar saddle-billed stork), or a giant bat. No photographs have been taken of it. Most accounts are based on large wounds and eyewitness accounts.