A reported creature of the Likouala Department in the Congo Republic, said to haunt the waters around Lake Tele. Roy P. Mackal led expeditions in search of it in 1980 and 1981, and wrote the 1987 book A Living Dinosaur? In Search of Mokele-mbembe. Spring 1983. Marcellin Agnagna led the first Congolese expedition to find it. In 1981 Herman and Kia Regusters reported their own sightings at the lake. The leading mainstream view traces the legend to the black rhinoceros, while Redmond O'Hanlon blamed swimming elephants.
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