The fating'ho is a cryptid small hominid reported from the dense forests of Senegal and northern Guinea.[1][2] It has black fur and red eyes, and, like the sehite, it is said to have long hair on its head.[2]
According to folklore, a hunter from Diaroume in Senegal captured a female fating'ho, and succesfully tamed and had children with her. Their daughter, named Na Fancani, was said to be a great beauty, and her descendants still lived in the area in 1945.[2]
In November 1992, Entomologist Malang Mane, whilst collecting specimens at an altitude of 3,600 feet in a forested area of northern Guinea, claimed to have seen a man-sized, black-haired animal with a large head walk up to within a few feet of him, before it ran away.[2] Mane was certain that the animal was not a chimpanzee or a gorilla.[3]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Shuker, Karl "The Secret Animals of Senegambia" Fate 51 (November 1998)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Eberhart, George M. (2002) Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, ABC-CLIO, Inc., ISBN 1576072835
- ↑ Shuker, Karl ShukerNature: BURNHAM'S BEASTS - THE SECRET WILDLIFE OF SENEGAMBIA karlshuker.blogspot.com [Accessed 16 May 2019]