Sentence:  “The South African <WSD>Grootslang</WSD> was seen swimming up the coast of Madagascar. And the Australian Bunyip was spotted standing on a beach a bit north of Perth, just staring out over the water. Definitely weird, but nothing Kriss, Mac, and Nessie can't get to the bottom of.” 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (grootslang), referring to the specific primordial, one which is reputed to live in a cave in South Africa connected to the sea.