Lukwata

British colonial administrator C. W. Hobley wrote, in 1913, that people living on both (east and west) sides of Lake Victoria told stories of the Lukwata. He also reported that the "Ja Luo" people told stories of it attacking fishing canoes, and described his own uncertainty as to whether the stories, if real, could have had their origins in large pythons or some unknown animal. Ideas that the Lukwata may actually represent an unknown animal persisted in other sources from the early to mid 20th century: it appeared in a 1937 article entitled "African Mystery Beasts", though more recent sources prefer to focus on the Lukwata and stories surrounding it as a cultural phenomenon ==References==