Before becoming a cryptozoologist, Regusters (1933-2006) was an aerospace engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratories. Photograph caption dated December 23, 1981 reads, "Herman Regusters points out Lake Tele region in the Congo where he says he and wife Kia spotted and photographed a dinosaurlike creature on a recent African expedition. The Pasadena couple called a news conference attended by 75 reporters from around the world, but conceded they had no proof of their claim that they spotted the elusive animal--'about the size of two hippos'-- since the one photograph they say they managed to take of it isn't developed yet. The couple insisted they observed the creature on several occasion in late October and early November when they were accompanied by officials from Ghana and the Republic of the Congo. Members of the party saw the brownish or grayish beast three times without a camera handy, and Kia Regusters said the one photograph, which she took, was likely of dubious quality since lighting was poor. Still, said her husband, 'we're not placing the whole importance of our expedition on a couple of seconds of possibly photographing the animal."
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