Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu

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Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu
Creature
Name: Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu
Classification
Grouping: Cryptid
Sub grouping: Reptile
Data
Country: Republic of the Congo
Status: Unconfirmed

The Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu is a cryptid reported from the Likouala Region of the Republic of the Congo. Apparently the animal is herbivorous. Only a few claimed sightings have been reported, at the villages of Bounila and Ebolo, which were collected by the cryptozoologist Roy Mackal.[1] No physical evidence for the creature has yet been uncovered.

It is described as "the animal with planks growing out of its back" - which has led some writers on the subject to suggest one of the Stegosauridae, most likely a Kentrosaurus. The animal appears to be aquatic[2], and has mostly green algal growth covering the "planks".

Mackal noted that the animal's triangular- or diamond-shaped planks or ridges are similar (but larger) to those from the Nguma-monene, but not the animals themselves. This is a common misreading from his book and mixed up at a lot of webpages.

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  1. ^ Mackal, Roy P. A Living Dinosaur? In Search of Mokele-Mbembe; Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1987: ISBN 90-04-08543-2
  2. ^ Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu, Cryptozoology.net, last accessed March 2007

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