Yogomaia, the chiefdom headquarters of Sengbeh chiefdom, and one of the two towns that form Kabala town in the Koinadugu district is at present under panic as a mysterious animal that has been rampaging the area for the past one month kills four people.

Sources from Yogomaia state that the animal kills its prey by breaking their neck and ends up eating their entire entails. Sources also indicate that the animal suddenly appears before its victim and is capable of running faster than humans. "It can run at a speed that is unbelievable," said Manteneh Marrah, whose brother has been the latest victim of the mysterious raid.

Reports say also that areas around Dankwali and Kamadu are the most hit by this animal.

Speaking to Honourable Mohamed Kakay, a member of parliament from Koinadugu district, he confirmed the incident and pointed out that "it is indeed a very serious development." He confirmed also that villages in the Dankawali and Kamadu axis are in complete panic, resulting in the people abandoning their farms. It is not known whether the animal is alone or they are in a group.

"This animal attacks people either on their farms or on their way to or from their farms," Hon. Kakay stated, while describing the animal as very mysterious.

To qualify his assertion, he disclosed that a huge pile of shit supposedly from this animal which is carnivorous turned to be a shit of an herbivorous but quite different in form and substance from the normal kind associated with cows, sheeps, and most bush animals.

The issues has concerned the paramount chief Alie Balansama Marrah II so much that he has reported the matter to the district council. According to sources, a detachment of police and military personnel have been deployed in the areas concerned in order to track this killer animal.

Meanwhile, ,the local people through their chiefs have presentations to the district council and the police for them to be misused with licenses as a way of averting such unfortunate occurrences.

According to Fatorma Kondeh ,a local hunter, this animal or animals would have been put under control if they had their guns with them. "We would have rallied ourselves unravel this secret of this killer animal," he said. Its not known whether the joint police /soldier team will be able to address the issue of this mysterious animal, what is however certain is that panic has overridden Yogomaia.