Interested in the history of Kasai Rex?
Outstanding new research ties this popular cryptid to that of the traditional cryptid called "chipekwe". How did muddled stories from the 1930s turn into a living theropod in the 2000s. New post at Modern Cryptozoology. https://moderncryptozoology.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/the-messy-embellished-history-of-kasai-rex/
I no longer have my copy of this book and can't find a version online to check the index. I'm looking to see if there is a reference to Kasai rex in here (2004). Google books search flags it but gives no preview. If anyone has it, can you please check. If there is an entry, please take a screen shot. Thanks.
Can't wait to dig into this!
Markus Hemmler has a long detailed post out today on "Kassaisaurus from Congo, 1932: Johanson Hoax,‘Chimpekwe’, and the Later ‘Kasai Rex’"
The latest issue of Contemporary Legends journal is themed: Monsters, Creatures, and Cryptids https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/cl/issue/view/2459
PDFs are downloadable.
David J. Puglia
Sharon A. Hill
Philip Weinstein
Scott O. Moore
Eleanor Hasken
Quaid Adams
Jack Daly
Stephen Olbrys Gencarella
Adrielys Calderón Ortiz
Vivian Asimos
Stephen Lochetto
Camille Maria Acosta
Andrea Kitta