Ripley's RBI 08: The Lost Island

By Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Join the RBI—a group of teen agents with special gifts—on a series of action-packed adventures as they travel the world!

The RBI travel to the plains of East Africa to investigate strange sightings of unbelievable animals, and find local people terrified of the unnatural animal cries they hear in the night. With DUL agents hot on their trail, the RBI find themselves on one of their most scary and dangerous missions so far as the adventure leads them to the mysterious lost island.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ripley Publishing
• Release date: Dec 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781609910402

Ripley's Believe It Or Not

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is globally renowned as the authority on the weird, the eccentric, and the amazing. Ripley's Believe It or Not! provides entertaining books for children of all ages which educates and informs them in a humorous style. The Ripley brand is known around the world as a trend-setting source of family-friendly fun and excitement! Every day the researchers at Ripley's are busy digging up the craziest true stories and the most unbelievable facts.

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Copyright © 2010 by Ripley Entertainment, Inc.

All rights reserved.

Ripley’s, Believe It or Not!,

and Ripley’s Believe It or Not! are registered trademarks of Ripley Entertainment Inc.

ISBN : 978-1-893951-59-4

ISBN : 978-1-6099-1040-2 (eBook)

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Design: Dynamo Limited

Text: Kay Wilkins

Interior Artwork: Ailin Chambers

No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.

For information regarding permission, write to VP Intellectual Property, Ripley Entertainment Inc., Suite 188, 7576 Kingspointe Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32819

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All characters appearing in this work (pages 1-118) are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

WARNING: Some of the activities undertaken by the RBI and others in this book should not be attempted by anyone without the necessary training and supervision.

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Trading card picture credits: b/l Zak-n-Wheezie hatched on 6/14/07 to Frank and Barbara Witte of www.fresnodragons.com

Contents

Prologue

Chapter 1: On the Mon Lei

Chapter 2: Strange Sounds

Chapter 3: Local Legends

Chapter 4: Noises in the Night

Chapter 5: A Broken Bridge

Chapter 6: Echoes

Chapter 7: Into the Mist

Chapter 8: Prehistoric Problems

Chapter 9: Mysterious Island

Chapter 10: The Island Fights Back

Case File #001

Case File #002

Case File #003

Info Files

INTRODUCING THE RBI

Hidden away on a small island off the East Coast of the United States is Ripley High—a unique school for children who possess extraordinary talents.

Located in the former home of Robert Ripley—creator of the world-famous Ripley’s Believe It or Not!—the school takes students who all share a secret. Although they look like you or me, they have amazing skills: the ability to conduct electricity, superhuman strength, or control over the weather—these are just a few of the talents the Ripley High School students possess.

The very best of these talented kids have been invited to join a top secret agency—Ripley’s Bureau of Investigation: the RBI. This elite group operates from a hi-tech underground base hidden deep beneath the school. From here, the talented teen agents are sent on dangerous missions around the world, investigating sightings of fantastical creatures and strange occurrences. Join them on their incredible adventures as they seek out the weird and the wonderful, and try to separate fact from fiction …

Prologue

The sun had not long been up and was gaining strength as it beamed down on a small village near the coast of Tanzania, in Africa. A young boy began his walk to the schoolhouse, as he did every day. He knew the way well and there was no reason for him to suspect that this morning’s walk would be any different from the trip he took to school every morning; but for some reason he did. As he walked he listened to the sounds around him and noticed that something was different. The bird calls were not the same as every other day; something must have spooked them. The grass in the scrubland he walked through had been crushed, as if a herd of rhinos had run across it. Then, as he was studying the trampled ground, something caught his eye. He looked up in time to see a large shape rush out in front of him and stop for a moment before disappearing again behind a large bush. The boy dropped his school bag in shock, but then tried to calm himself. He rubbed his eyes, not quite believing what he had seen. At first glance it had appeared that the creature might have been an elephant; the boy quite often saw elephants not far from his village, so this would have been nothing