Mokele Mbembe

The Mokele-mbembe, which means ´´the one who stops the flow of rivers´´ in the Lingala language, is a dinosaur-like cryptid that lives in the Congo. It is said to look like a sauropod, or long-neck dinosaur, such as Apatosaurus or Diplodocus. The Mokele-mbembe was the focus of the children´s book Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith. There have been many sightings in the Congo and Cameroon. Its meat is apparently poisonous, as a group of villagers once killed one and everybody who ate the meat died shortly after. Besides the sasquatch, Loch Ness Monster and Mothman, this is one of the most well-known cryptids.