Sightings of the J'ba Fofi have been primarily in Africa and achieved the most recent publicity due to the work of Mokele-Mbembe English researcher William Gibbons.
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British cinematographer Richard Terry travelled to the Amazon to investigate reports of giant spiders in the June 13th episode of Man V Monster.
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The J'ba Fofi (Baka: "giant spider"), also known as the Congolese Giant Spider is a cryptozoological creature that is said to exist in the Congo, possibly representing a new species of arachnid.