Kasai Rex

What is this? The strange creature is a Kasai Rex. This is believed to be a giant reptile and a biped, with features very similar to a theropod dinosaur. A theropod is a subgroup of carnivore dinosaurs such as the tyrannosaurus and allosaurus. It's been reported to be witnessed in the Congo.
In 1932, a plantation owner and his employee had visited the Kasai Valley when they found a rhinoceros being attacked and then killed by a large reptile. The employee was frightened and ran away but the plantation owner watched in horror as the monster devoured the dead rhino. Later, the plantation owner was able to tell his story. He was called John Johanson, and described the big reptile as "red" in colour with "black stripes". The creature had many sharp teeth, thick legs and a long snout. It was about 13 m or 43 ft long. This Johanson witness had decided it must've been a tyrannosaurus.
The newspaper Rhodesia Herald reported the story and called the creature Kasai Rex.
A year later, an expedition of hunters went out looking for Kasai Rex, who were soon at the Kasai Valley swamp region. A "red tail" emerging from the water also made some believe it was a snake. Then tail thrashed with such violence that it sent one of the hunters was thrown into the murky water. Others were so scared that they began shooting at the vast moving redness seen through the water and plants. Their companion emerged from the water injured and afraid. They ran from the area when the creature left the water and roared, appearing to go after them.
In 1951 Robert Henderson went to the same place for a hunting trip with several people with him. None of them returned to the village alive. Only their remains were found in the same place that the Kasai Rex had been seen years before. Many have wondered if the creature was responsible for killing those men. The same one, or one of the same species that killed the rhinoceros?
Believers in cryptids (strange unknown cratures) think that the Kasai Rex would be more like the Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus or the Carcharodontosaurs saharicus as these were predators that lived in these parts of Africa.
Some believe it might be a lot of confusion with modern animals such as a Nile crocodile as these have been found in the country. It might be the strange Osteolaemus osborni or "dwarf crocodile". The only problem with that is the Kasai Rex was red in colour and large in size.
If this is a living dinosaur, then it's hidden very well. It uses the same cloaking magic as do other cryptids like Bigfoot and Dogman.

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The She Wolf Night blog team