Post by MoMo on Mar 11, 2012 19:17:25 GMT -6
Olitiau
Grouping: Cryptid
Sub grouping: Bat or Bird
First reported: 1932
Country: Africa
Region: Cameroon, Republic of Congo
Habitat: Mountain streams
An Olitiau is a gigantic cryptid bat (or flying reptile) hypothesized to exist in Central Africa. The word, Olitiau likely comes from a fusion of the Ipulo words “Ole” and “Ntya”, a name for ceremonial dance masks used to represent demons.
Description
Olitiau are said to have 6–12 ft (2–4 m) wingspans. Their body is allegedly black, though their wings have been described as either dark brown or red. Their lower jaws are said to contain 2-inch (50 mm) long, serrated teeth with equal spacing between each tooth.
Claimed Sightings
While hunting Hammer-headed fruit bats in southern Cameroon, Ivan T. Sanderson claimed that an Olitiau swooped down on him and his hunting companion, Gerald Russel along a mountain stream in 1932. He called it "the granddaddy of all bats".[citation needed]
Possibilities
Hammer-headed fruit bats have the largest wingspan of any bat in Africa: up to 3 ft (1 m). It is possible that a large Hammer-headed fruit bat, when viewed close up for an instant, can appear larger.
Yellow-winged bats has the largest wingspan of any insectivorous bat in Africa. Although it is only up to 16 inches (40 cm), the scenario mentioned earlier could play a part in explaining size and the serrated teeth of an Olitiau. Yellow-winged bats are known for their yellow, sometimes orange, wings. Sighting a bat with orange wings is not far from the red wings Olitiau are reported to have.
An unknown large bat species - Karl Shuker suggested the animal may belong to the suborder Microchiroptera.
There is also the possibility that a member of one of the larger species of bats could experience abnormal growth, becoming larger than average size.
A surviving Pterosaur. Although Ivan Sanderson insisted that what he saw was a bat there is some evidence to suggest that pterosaurs had hair or hairlike structures, though there is no evidence that any were still alive in the Paleogene, let alone today.
Grouping: Cryptid
Sub grouping: Bat or Bird
First reported: 1932
Country: Africa
Region: Cameroon, Republic of Congo
Habitat: Mountain streams
An Olitiau is a gigantic cryptid bat (or flying reptile) hypothesized to exist in Central Africa. The word, Olitiau likely comes from a fusion of the Ipulo words “Ole” and “Ntya”, a name for ceremonial dance masks used to represent demons.
Description
Olitiau are said to have 6–12 ft (2–4 m) wingspans. Their body is allegedly black, though their wings have been described as either dark brown or red. Their lower jaws are said to contain 2-inch (50 mm) long, serrated teeth with equal spacing between each tooth.
Claimed Sightings
While hunting Hammer-headed fruit bats in southern Cameroon, Ivan T. Sanderson claimed that an Olitiau swooped down on him and his hunting companion, Gerald Russel along a mountain stream in 1932. He called it "the granddaddy of all bats".[citation needed]
Possibilities
Hammer-headed fruit bats have the largest wingspan of any bat in Africa: up to 3 ft (1 m). It is possible that a large Hammer-headed fruit bat, when viewed close up for an instant, can appear larger.
Yellow-winged bats has the largest wingspan of any insectivorous bat in Africa. Although it is only up to 16 inches (40 cm), the scenario mentioned earlier could play a part in explaining size and the serrated teeth of an Olitiau. Yellow-winged bats are known for their yellow, sometimes orange, wings. Sighting a bat with orange wings is not far from the red wings Olitiau are reported to have.
An unknown large bat species - Karl Shuker suggested the animal may belong to the suborder Microchiroptera.
There is also the possibility that a member of one of the larger species of bats could experience abnormal growth, becoming larger than average size.
A surviving Pterosaur. Although Ivan Sanderson insisted that what he saw was a bat there is some evidence to suggest that pterosaurs had hair or hairlike structures, though there is no evidence that any were still alive in the Paleogene, let alone today.
