Dingonek

The dingonek is a creature said to have been seen near Lake Victoria in 1907 by big game hunter John Alfred Jordan and members of his hunting party, as recounted by fellow big-game hunter Edgar Beecher Bronson in his 1910 memoir In Closed Territory. This account was followed by an article published in 1913 in the East Africa Natural History Society by Charles William Hobley, in which he claims to have encountered further accounts of similarly described creatures. In 1918, an article published by ''MacLean's'' declared that the beast was a newly discovered animal species.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Dingonek is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Chicago, Toronto and Lake Victoria.

Vinony files it under African folklore, Cryptids and East African legendary creatures.

Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.

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''In Closed Territory''
Charles William Hobley
''Maclean's''
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The dingonek is a creature said to have been seen near Lake Victoria in 1907 by big game hunter John Alfred Jordan and members of his hunting party, as recounted by fellow big-game hunter Edgar Beecher Bronson in his 1910 memoir In Closed Territory. This account was followed by an article published in 1913 in the East Africa Natural History Society by Charles William Hobley, in which he claims to have encountered further accounts of similarly described creatures. In 1918, an article published by ''MacLean's declared that the beast was a newly discovered animal species.

==In Closed Territory''== The sole description of this creature occurs in big game hunter Edgar Beecher Bronson's 1910 memoir In Closed Territory. In the memoir, Bronson recounts a campsite discussion involving the creature with fellow big-game hunter John Alfred Jordan. After musing about the okapi, Bronson reports that Jordan said the following:

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