GA-GORIB
African Folklore
This is the name of a gigantic malicious being in the legends and beliefs of the Khoisin people of South Africa. This monster would not let any human pass by unless they performed the challenge of throwing a stone at him on the edge of the pit to make him fall in. What the reluctant travelers did not know was that the stone would boomerang and instead cast the thrower into the pit. Thus GA-GORIB disposed of everyone who attempted to cross his territory. However, the hero HEITSI-EIBIB, who had a special magical birth, passed through the territory and was similarly challenged. He refused to rise to the challenge and engaged the monstrous GA-GORIB in distracting chatter and then quickly threw his stone. The challenger was caught off guard and tumbled into his own pit.
Source: Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth