Olitiau of Cameroon in twentieth-century retellings
- Date of account
- 1990–2009 modern discussions of an older report tradition
- Location
- Cameroon, particularly forest regions in older travel literature
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Olitiau is a name used in cryptozoological and Fortean literature for a supposed enormous bat or bat-like flying creature associated with Cameroon. In the 1990–2009 period the case was repeatedly revisited in books, websites and discussions of living pterosaurs, usually through older travel writing rather than newly documented sightings. It matters for comparing African vernacular names, missionary or explorer transcription and later sensational reinterpretation. The identity of the source informant, the exact locality and the zoological meaning of the description require careful archival verification.
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