Kikiyaon - Zombie Making Demon Owl of Africa

The Kikiyaon (Kee-kee-yah-own) is a cryptid reported in the Gambia, Africa. It's name means 'Soul Eater'. It is said to resemble a man sized owl. The kikiyaon is described as having feathers and wings ( some say a 20 foot( 6.5 metres) wingspan)with a large spur or spike on it’s shoulders and clawed feet. Sometimes it is referred to as the soul cannibal or soul eater. The creature smells like a rotting snake and has strange cries either a deep throated grunting or a scream like a man being strangled. It is a forest dweller where it awaits its prey, man. It is deadly being able to outrun a man and swoops down to grab a person.
The description may also refer to the Sasabonsam, a sort of vampire similarly described in the local myths. Bernard Heuvelmans (1986)discussed a case of an Ashanti carving seen by J.B. Danquah. It depicted the Sasabonsam as human faced creature with horns. It had two short arms and bat-like wings. A young man apparently told Danquah that a Sasabonsam had been killed by Agya Wuo, a local man in 1928. He described the creature as about 5 feet tall(1.8metres) with a 20 foot(6.5metres) wingspan and said that it was spotted in colouring, black and white. The body was taken to the home of the District Commissioner, L.W. Wood on February 22, 1928, where it was photographed. However when contacted Wood was not sure about taking a photograph and said he had been there in 1918, not 1928. Heuvelmans states that the Sasabonsam is probably a kongamato, a large bat reported in the area.