Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu

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. 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, and has mostly green algal growth covering the "planks".

Mackal noted that the animal's triangular- or diamond-shaped planks or ridges are simular (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.

See also

• Nguma-monene
• Mokele-mbembe
• Emela-ntouka
• Ngoubou
• Cryptids
• Living dinosaurs

Other sources

• Clark, J "Unexplained!" (Visible Ink, 1993) ISBN 0-8103-9436-7, p100.