The Emela-Ntouka: The Elephant-Killer of the Congo Swamps
About 6 min readIn the flooded forests of the Congo Basin, local hunters tell of a beast the size of an elephant, armed with a single horn, that kills elephants and leaves them uneaten. It has a name — emela-ntouka, ‘killer of elephants’ — and a paper trail that begins with a French game inspector in 1954.