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Painted illustration: long beaked carcass on a West African beach
AI rendition based on witness descriptions, not an actual photo.
The beach near Fajara, The Gambia, near where the Gambo carcass was reported in 1983
The beach near Fajara, The Gambia, near where the Gambo carcass was reported in 1983 · shaunamullally · CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) · Image source · License

A beaked carcass found on Bungalow Beach, Kotu, The Gambia, in June 1983.

Open Verdict: An unidentified carcass known from one teenager's account and later write-ups.

Region
Oceans · The Gambia
First reports
12 June 1983 (Owen Burnham)

Key sightings

Best evidence

One witness account of the carcass.

Sources