Ahool

Giant BAT-like creature of Southeast Asia. 
Etymology: From its call. 
Variant name: Aul. 
Physical description: In flight, looks like a flying-fox bat but larger. Dark-gray fur. Monkeylike face. Large, black eyes. Flat forearms topped by claws. Batlike wings. Wingspan, 11–12 feet. Feet said to point backward. 
Behavior: Nocturnal. Squats on the forest floor with its wings pressed against its flanks. Flies low over rivers in search of fishes. Call is “AH-OOooool,” repeated three times. Said to kill people with its claws. 
Distribution: Mountains in the western part of Java. 
Significant sighting: Ernst Bartels was sleeping near Cijengkol, Java, Indonesia, in 1927 when he was awakened by the sound of flapping wings and the call of an animal that sounded like “ahool.” Possible explanation: An unknown large bat with an enormous wingspan, possibly a microbat, suggested by Karl Shuker. 
Sources: Ernst Bartels and Ivan T. Sanderson, “The One True Batman,” Fate 19 (July 1966): 83–92; Karl Shuker, “A Belfry of Crypto-Bats,” Fortean Studies 1 (1994): 235–245.
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