The Ufiti is a mysterious primate from Malawi, Africa also known as Fireti.
Ufiti in the local language means 'ghost of the supernatural'.
Description
The creatures were described as being between 4 and 5 feet tall, black with long hair, a colorless posterior, a baboon-like face, having no tail and a broad chest.
Sightings
Reports of "black, shaggy monsters" seen in the forest region of Nkata Bay, Lake Nyasa, and of more than 30 mysterious tree-top structures (speculated to be lairs built by these creatures) discovered in the same area by Chief Ranger Oliver Cary and some of his game rangers, made headlines on the February 14, 1960 edition of The Sunday Mail in Zomba, Nyasaland (today's Malawi).
After several sightings and expeditions, a specimen of the creature was finally captured in 1964. It was then discovered that it was a curious new species of chimpanzee with gorilla like-features, which end up being sent to the Chester Zoo, in central England.