Mount Kancing Dragon Snake

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On one of the largest islands of Indonesia, exists a creature that has been terrorizing nearby villages for years. This creature is able to fly, and resides in a cave on a mountain named Mount Kancing in the province of Lampung. Ular naga (lit. “Dragon snake”) is the scourge of the locals, his reign of terror would take tens of years if measure wasn’t taken.
 Description 
The mount Kancing dragon snake is described by the locals as a flying, winged dragon-like creature. Locals simply said its appearance was like that of a “serpent” (they did not specify the shape), but with horse-like head. It also has two wings, different from the usual concept of dragons in Asia.

According to Ahmad, a villager, in the past this dragon had been terrorizing the Pesawaran village for years, many small children and babies had been abducted by the dragon and eaten. Because of this, the village members took the initiative to trap it by blocking the entrance of the cave with stones. It also has another name; that is “ular kuda” which means “horse serpent/horse dragon”.

 Sightings 
The existence of this creature is known from Jejak-Jejak Misterius (Mysterious Tracks), a TV documentary about Indonesian cryptids.

Darga, an elder of the said village, is one of the living eyewitnesses of the ular naga’s terror. He said that the dragon has the habit of abducting small children; when their parent is working in the fields or inattentive of their children. The dragon brought its prey to its lair near the peak of Mount Kancing.

One occurrence, happened not in pitch-black night but in broad daylight. A mother is harvesting the rice paddy, while her child is left in a paddy hut. When the mother checked her child is gone. Darga said the dragon’s activity is seen almost every day; this means that the dragon is a living creature.
left|thumb|200x200px|The cave, now blocked by stones, dirt, and plants">left|thumb|200x200px|The cave, now blocked by stones, dirt, and plants
Because of that, a few years ago (the year is not specified in the documentary) the villagers blocked the cave with stones, when the dragon was inside. Even though the terror stopped, the majority of the villagers have been traumatized and chose to flee to other villages. In the present, only a few families live in this village.
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When Darga is asked about why it is also called ular kuda (horse serpent), he said that the shape of the dragon’s head is similar to a horse’s head but still the body is like that of a dragon, while gesturing to show the dragon pose when flying.

 Explanation 
 If the account is true, this creature may confirm the existence of European-style dragons, particularly when noting its two wings and horse-like head.
 Because the concept of dragons seems to be pure fantasy, so another explanation is it’s a living Dimorphodon-like creature.
 Another explanation is that the creature is actually a Jinn|Djinn, a race of supernatural creature able to take the shape of any creature.
 Gallery 
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ThreeDragons.jpg|Three forms of dragons
Ular kuda gua Sipatahunan3.jpg|Illustration of horse-like head
Dimorphodon.jpg|The dragon could be a rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur, like this Dimorphodon
Austriadactylus.jpg|Another rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur, Austriadactylus
Cotw 93 iowa dragons by trendorman-daj3ew2.jpg|It could be similar to this illustration of the Iowa dragon
</gallery>
 See Also 
 Ropen, a pterosaur-like cryptid from Papua New Guinea
 Kongamato, a pterosaur-like cryptid that's said to attack humans from Africa
 Jaculus
 Iowa Dragon, a dragon cryptid with a similar description
 Namibian Flying Snake
 Orang Bati, a flying cryptid also said to abduct small children
 Sipatahunan Cave Horse Serpent, another cryptid with a horse-like head from Indonesia


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