I first came upon the following crypto-case many years ago when browsing through Dr Bernard Heuvelmans’s book Les Derniers Dragons d’Afrique (Plon: Paris, 1978), and it has fascinated me ever since. Recently, I obtained some additional, previously-undisclosed information concerning it, and which turned out to be something of a conundrum in itself. Consequently, it is high time that I finally presented the remarkable story behind one of the most intriguing and potentially significant examples on record of an apparently lost specimen of possible cryptozoological relevance. So here it is – the story, that is, not the specimen itself, sadly!

Read more – THE CURIOUS CASE OF ROTHSCHILD’S LOST TUSK AND THE NON-EXISTENT ELEPHANT PIG – AN ENDURING CRYPTOZOOLOGICAL CONUNDRUM FROM AFRICA.