Gazeka
Also known as: Monckton's Gazeka, Papua New Guinea Tapir-Beast
An enormous, tapir-like beast reported by a colonial officer in the unexplored highlands of Papua New Guinea.
1910 (Monckton expedition)
Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea
Small horse-sized
Docile, herbivorous
No confirmed modern sightings
The Lore
The gazeka refers to a large, unidentified animal reported by C.A.W. Monckton during his 1910 expedition into the mountainous interior of Papua New Guinea. Monckton described encountering a creature the size of a small horse with a long snout, dark hide, and a lumbering gait. Some cryptozoologists have speculated it could be a surviving member of the extinct diprotodontid marsupials, giant herbivores that once roamed Australia and New Guinea. The remote highlands of Papua New Guinea remain among the least-explored terrestrial regions on Earth.
Body Type
Folklore Origin
Notable Witnesses
- C.A.W. Monckton (colonial administrator, 1910)
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