European travelers claimed Egypt held human-crocodile hybrids

Evidence

European travelers in the Orient also claimed that human/animal hybrids roamed the land and water. In Egypt they claimed to have observed a human/crocodile hybrid, which is not the only Muslim monster that occupies the Orient. — Sophia Rose Arjana, Muslims in the Western Imagination, 378

Categorization

• CANDY: A human/crocodile hybrid allegedly seen in Egypt by European travelers is a vividly tweetable bit of fabricated travel lore.