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Chemosit
Also
known as Chimiset, Chimisit (these, like Chemosit, mean
'devil' in the region's folklore) and Nandi Bear (after a Kenyan tribe).
Another mysterious primate, considered by some to be Africa's Bigfoot,
although its description varies from those of sasquatch-like
creatures.
Reports of
these creatures are numerous in the dark continent, specially in
east-central Kenya. It is described as being as large as a man, long reddish to
yellow hair, short broad tail, sometimes going on four legs, sometimes on two,
and a general appearance of a huge, very fierce baboon. Others say the beast
looks like a bear, honey badger, aardvark or hyena.
The Chemosit is said to be as comfortable on
the tree tops as on the ground, and to attack humans on sight, allegedly being
responsible for several killings of men and live stock. According to some tales,
it is specially fond of brains.
Other
names by which the creature is known, depending on the part of Africa, are
Duba (the Swahili and villages along the Tana river), Kerit,
Shivuverre (Kakumega country, Kenya), Kikomba (West Africa), Koddoelo (Ngao state,
Kenya), Sabrookoo (Kenya/Uganda frontier), Engargiya
(Uganda), Gadett (Lumbwa district, Kenya), Ngoloko
(Tanzania), Kikambangwe and Ikimizi (Ruanda).
As a note, Chemosit is also a province in
Kenya, Africa.
See Agogwe,
Abominable
Snowman, Almas, Sasquatch,
Chuchunaa,
Curupira, Higabon,
Kaki Besar, Maricoxi,
Bigfoot,
Mapinguary, Yeti,
Meh-teh, Nguoi Rung, 'X', Windigo,
Orang Pendek and Wildman of China.
Sources: (1)
Anderson, Ivan T.,
Abominable Snowmen: Legend
Come to Life,
Adventures Unlimited Press;
(2)
Wilson, Colin and Damon,
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved,
Carroll & Graf;
(3) Heuvelmans, Bernard,
On the Track of Unknown Animals,
Columbia
University Press;
(4) Wilson, Damon,
The Unexplained,
Scarlet Books; (5) Clark, Jerome,
Unexplained!,
Visible Ink Press.
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