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Jimbra

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Jimbra
a.k.a. Jingra
Country Australia
Region(s) Western Australia

Jimbra (or jingra) is a cryptid of the Western Australian outback, the name used by local Aboriginals to describe "a strange animal, [...] resembling a monkey, very fierce," that "would attack men when it caught one singly."[1]

References

  1. Favenc, Ernest (1983), "VIII.", The History of Australian Exploration From 1788 to 1888: Compiled From State Documents, Private Papers, And the Most Authentic Sources of Information. Issued Under the Auspices of the Governments of the Australian Colonies, Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia: Golden Press, p. 202, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000787950