Taï National Park

Taï National Park contains one of the last tracts of primary lowland tropical rainforest in West Africa and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982. The park is emphasized in the supplied sources for its ecological and conservation importance and for hosting several mammal species listed on the IUCN Red List, including the pygmy hippopotamus, olive colobus monkey, leopard, chimpanzee, and Jentink's duiker. The provided research notes and source excerpts do not document any named guardian spirits, curses, apparitions, or other supernatural entities tied to the park, nor do they supply provenance, dates, or eyewitness accounts for folkloric claims. As a result, this entry records the park's ecological and heritage significance and explicitly notes the absence of verifiable folkloric or paranormal material in the supplied sources. Further ethnographic or local-language research would be required to collect and corroborate any local legends or spirit traditions associated with the park.