Khodumodumo

Khodumodumo
Origin	Basotho
Country	South Africa
Region(s)	East Africa

Khodumodumo (from Sesotho, archaic: translation given as "gaping-mouthed-bush-monster") is a cryptid said to dwell in the former provinces of Cape and Transvaal in South Africa, the name having been introduced into popular Western use by a British colonial administrator, Captain William Hichens, who, in 1937, reported to the journal Discovery on local belief regarding the creature, describing it as a silent predator of unknown size and type, possessing "round, saucer-like spoor, with two-inch toenail marks."

Resources

• Hichens, W. (December 1937), A Silent Raider, "African Mystery Beasts", Discovery: The Popular Journal of Knowledge (London: Mercury House) 18 (216): 369-373, https://web.archive.org/web/20161111060057/http://www.strangeark.com:80/reprints/beasts.html