In Search of the Ninki Nanka

Posted on July 14, 2006

The BBC reports on a group of explorers who are in Gambia looking for the Ninki Nanka, a mythical dragon. The dragon is supposed to look something like the children's drawing above.

Believed to live in swamps, the ninki-nanka appears in the folklore of many parts of West Africa.

It is described as having a horse-like face, a long body with mirror-like scales and a crest of skin on its head.

Team leader Richard Freeman told the BBC, evidence so far was sketchy as most people died soon after seeing it.

The explorers have also created a blog for their expedition. It is called The 2006 Gambia Expedition. The blog includes information about animals they have found, people they have interviewed, places the Ninki Nanka is said to have been and media coverage they have received. The blog already makes for interesting reading and should continue to do so whether or not the Ninki Nanka is ever actually found.