Agogwe

cryptid · Tanzania · East Africa

The Agogwe is a purported small human-like biped reported in East African folklore and cryptozoology, primarily from Tanzania and Mozambique. These creatures are described as diminutive hominids standing approximately four feet tall, covered in russet or brown hair, walking upright like humans. The most famous account comes from Captain William Hichens, who reported seeing two such creatures in the Ussure and Simibit forests while on a lion-hunting expedition around 1900. The local hunter with him identified them as agogwe, little furry men rarely seen. A second account from Cuthbert Burgoyne

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