Ninki Nanka
Ninki Nanka is the Mandinka (Gambia/Senegal) dragon-like water spirit: a 30-foot reptilian creature with crocodile head, donkey/hippopotamus-giraffe body, mirror scales, and fatal Medusa-like stare. Inhabits swamps and caves; explains river disappearances. Carries a head gem of power. Documented in Mandinka oral tradition and 1906 colonial reports; investigated by CFZ expedition 2006.