The River-Stopper of Lake Tele

Deep in the Likouala swamps of the Congo, the locals have one name for it: Mokele-mbembe — "the one who stops the flow of rivers." Elephant-sized, long serpentine neck, small head, a tail that drags the current. In 1980 and '81, University of Chicago biologist Roy Mackal went in after it; the eyewit……