THE DEVIL'S LAKE.
A public meeting was held by the citizens of Logansport (Indiana) on the 11th of August for the purpose of examining the "Devil's Lake," about 26 miles from that place. "The well-known tradition," says the Logansport Telegraph, "respecting the monster in the 'Devil's Lake,' and the many confirmatory statements of credible citizens, have placed the existence of a monstrous creature in the waters of the lake almost beyond a doubt. The length of the nondescript has been variously estimated at from 40 to 70 feet." - a snake story, truly. - Baltimore paper.
From The Times of 1838, in The Times, October 1st 1938.
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Monster in Lake Storsjon, Sweden
Now that winter has put the lid back on Lake Storsjon in central Sweden, the locals around its shores are breathing something of a sigh of relief. For a few months the lake ice will maintain a welcome barrier between water dwellers and land dwellers; specifically, that means a temporary halt will be imposed on impromptu meetings between the people of nearby Ostersund and their monster.
Lake Storsjon is Sweden's fifth largest body of water, but like our own Loch Ness it is particularly deep and has a long tradition of a monster-in-residence. Storsjon's Nessie is called Storsjddjuret (or Storsie for short), and last year was something of a record-breaker in terms of personal appearances, with three good sightings in one week alone.
Around 15 full accounts were logged at the local museum and several muddy photographs published in the local papers, but the museum's Marie Olofson believes that this probaby represents just 20 per cent of the total number who think they saw something over the summer, but who don't dare mention it for fear of ridicule. Elizabeth Richardson from the tourist board is sceptical about Storsie's existence, but even she admits that, "I work with someone who is sure she saw it recently, and she's not the sort of person to make it up."
In the league of monsters, Storsie is hardly a world celebrity. Nessie was sighted five times last year and manages to attract at least 250,000 visitors to the area around Loch Ness, generating an estimated annual income of around £30 million through souvenir shops, boat trips, and the two official visitor centres. Storsie, meanwhile, with many tiems more personal appearances, has a small corner at the Ostersund museum where display highlights include a baby-sized "embryo" in a pickle jar, which looks like a giant yellow newt with horns, and the equipment employed in a 1901 attempt to trap the monster using a live pig as bait.
It seems the phlegmatic Swedes have preferred not to play up their monster attraction without the due science to back it up, even if it means turning down a major marketing opportunity for the lake and its surroundings. The possibility of an official Storsie visitor centre has been discussed and discarded; even if the money were to be found, the various communities around the lake would find it hard to agree where it should be sited. As a compromise they have recently erected monster observation towers at eight key points.
The Storsie tradition goes back to the 16th century when old people used to warn against planting turnips near the water's edge- apparently this was a monster that liked its root vegetables. The first really authenticated sighting was by a local member of parliament in 1863, who spotted something at least 29ft long sunbathing on the lake shore and sent his men for their shotguns. They pursued it in a rowing boat, but never got near enough to open fire.
Since then there have been 200 documented reports by 500 witnesses, generally in the warmer months of the year. Most accounts agree that the monster is snake-like and up to 40 ft long with humps and a small head with ears, or possibly fins, pressed against its neck. Its skin resembles that of a seal, and its colour is usually either grey/black or dark green.
Last year's Storsie-spotters included two boys on a school trip who thought what they saw was a submarine, and a family sitting down for coffee on their terrace who saw three moving humps. Tina and Patrik Happes were convinced of what they saw but their son, Rasmus, seemed more doubtful. "It probably was the monster, but it may also have been a fish."
Another sighting came from Karin Egebjer, who noticed a small shimmering green "island" from her bedroom window, in a place where there'd never been an island before. It was still there, unmoving, when she went to bed, but in the morning it was gone.
All of this renewed interest has attracted the attention of Swedish journalist and website impressario Jan-Ove Sundberg and his pseudo-scientific Global Underwater Survey Team (GUST). Jan-Ove believes Storsie is a sea serpent and says that the sounds he recorded on a high-powered underwater hydrophone at Lake Storsjon last summer directly relate it to both Nessie and Selma, another much-seen monster which supposedly inhabits Norway's Lake Seljordsvatnet.
Jan-Ove is well known in lake monster circles, and turned up on Loch Ness in 2000 with his specially designed monster net. It caught nothing, but it did earn him a warning from officials that interfering with the wildlife would get him arrested.
He might just find himself in a similar position when he returns to Lake Storsjon in the coming season. Storsie was officially protected by law in 1986, but Jan-Ove's view is that no animal that has never been finally proven to exist can be protected. "Anyway, this particular 'law' is only a local regulation," he says dismissively.
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the matter, Ostersund's marketing bodies are not unwilling to co-operate with the monster hunter. They know that, as far as the local economy is concerned, a bit of monster controversy and a few colourful characters (especially with film crews in tow) are not such a terrible thing.
Andrew Eames in The Times, January 12th, 2002.
Lake Storsjon is Sweden's fifth largest body of water, but like our own Loch Ness it is particularly deep and has a long tradition of a monster-in-residence. Storsjon's Nessie is called Storsjddjuret (or Storsie for short), and last year was something of a record-breaker in terms of personal appearances, with three good sightings in one week alone.
Around 15 full accounts were logged at the local museum and several muddy photographs published in the local papers, but the museum's Marie Olofson believes that this probaby represents just 20 per cent of the total number who think they saw something over the summer, but who don't dare mention it for fear of ridicule. Elizabeth Richardson from the tourist board is sceptical about Storsie's existence, but even she admits that, "I work with someone who is sure she saw it recently, and she's not the sort of person to make it up."
In the league of monsters, Storsie is hardly a world celebrity. Nessie was sighted five times last year and manages to attract at least 250,000 visitors to the area around Loch Ness, generating an estimated annual income of around £30 million through souvenir shops, boat trips, and the two official visitor centres. Storsie, meanwhile, with many tiems more personal appearances, has a small corner at the Ostersund museum where display highlights include a baby-sized "embryo" in a pickle jar, which looks like a giant yellow newt with horns, and the equipment employed in a 1901 attempt to trap the monster using a live pig as bait.
It seems the phlegmatic Swedes have preferred not to play up their monster attraction without the due science to back it up, even if it means turning down a major marketing opportunity for the lake and its surroundings. The possibility of an official Storsie visitor centre has been discussed and discarded; even if the money were to be found, the various communities around the lake would find it hard to agree where it should be sited. As a compromise they have recently erected monster observation towers at eight key points.
The Storsie tradition goes back to the 16th century when old people used to warn against planting turnips near the water's edge- apparently this was a monster that liked its root vegetables. The first really authenticated sighting was by a local member of parliament in 1863, who spotted something at least 29ft long sunbathing on the lake shore and sent his men for their shotguns. They pursued it in a rowing boat, but never got near enough to open fire.
Since then there have been 200 documented reports by 500 witnesses, generally in the warmer months of the year. Most accounts agree that the monster is snake-like and up to 40 ft long with humps and a small head with ears, or possibly fins, pressed against its neck. Its skin resembles that of a seal, and its colour is usually either grey/black or dark green.
Last year's Storsie-spotters included two boys on a school trip who thought what they saw was a submarine, and a family sitting down for coffee on their terrace who saw three moving humps. Tina and Patrik Happes were convinced of what they saw but their son, Rasmus, seemed more doubtful. "It probably was the monster, but it may also have been a fish."
Another sighting came from Karin Egebjer, who noticed a small shimmering green "island" from her bedroom window, in a place where there'd never been an island before. It was still there, unmoving, when she went to bed, but in the morning it was gone.
All of this renewed interest has attracted the attention of Swedish journalist and website impressario Jan-Ove Sundberg and his pseudo-scientific Global Underwater Survey Team (GUST). Jan-Ove believes Storsie is a sea serpent and says that the sounds he recorded on a high-powered underwater hydrophone at Lake Storsjon last summer directly relate it to both Nessie and Selma, another much-seen monster which supposedly inhabits Norway's Lake Seljordsvatnet.
Jan-Ove is well known in lake monster circles, and turned up on Loch Ness in 2000 with his specially designed monster net. It caught nothing, but it did earn him a warning from officials that interfering with the wildlife would get him arrested.
He might just find himself in a similar position when he returns to Lake Storsjon in the coming season. Storsie was officially protected by law in 1986, but Jan-Ove's view is that no animal that has never been finally proven to exist can be protected. "Anyway, this particular 'law' is only a local regulation," he says dismissively.
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the matter, Ostersund's marketing bodies are not unwilling to co-operate with the monster hunter. They know that, as far as the local economy is concerned, a bit of monster controversy and a few colourful characters (especially with film crews in tow) are not such a terrible thing.
Andrew Eames in The Times, January 12th, 2002.
Lake monster in Patenggang lake, West Java
Jakarta, Febrary 1.
A six yard long prehistoric monster looking like a huge fish or a turtle is reported to be alive in Patenggang lake, 7,200ft above sea level, in West Java. Local fishermen burn opium to keep the monster in good humour. - Agence France-Presse.
In The Times, February 2nd, 1977.
A six yard long prehistoric monster looking like a huge fish or a turtle is reported to be alive in Patenggang lake, 7,200ft above sea level, in West Java. Local fishermen burn opium to keep the monster in good humour. - Agence France-Presse.
In The Times, February 2nd, 1977.
Lake monster in Lake Kok-Kol, Kazakhstan
Russians to hunt for snake-like monster in lake.
Moscow, Feb 1.
Plans are being made for a student expedition to investigate the reported sighting of a huge, snake-like monster in the remote Lake Kok-Kol in Soviet Kazakhstan.
Interest in the possibility that the Loch Ness monster could have a Soviet cousin was aroused at the weekend by the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, which printed a letter from Mr Anatoly Pechersky, a geographer, who said he and his son had seen it in the summer of 1975.
The creature had a body 50ft long and head over 6ft in length, he said. = Reuter.
From The Times, February 2nd, 1977.
Soviet lake is just mud.
Moscow - A team of experts from the prestigious Soviet Academy of Sciences claims to have scientifically disproved the existence of a mysterious marine beast in the depths of Lake Kol-Kol.
For many years there have been reports from witnesses of sightings of "a dinosaur-like" creature about 20 yards in length and emitting loud trumpeting sounds appearing above the surface.
Reporting from the town of Alma Ata, Tass, has disclosed that an expedition mounted by members of the academy's Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology of Animals has discovered a natural explanation.
According to the researchers, the deep lake is connected with underground cavities by mud-covered cracks. When the mud is washed away and water rushes down, large whirlpools appear. And if air is sucked in as well, the lake starts "singing."
From The Times, January 18th 1986.
Moscow, Feb 1.
Plans are being made for a student expedition to investigate the reported sighting of a huge, snake-like monster in the remote Lake Kok-Kol in Soviet Kazakhstan.
Interest in the possibility that the Loch Ness monster could have a Soviet cousin was aroused at the weekend by the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, which printed a letter from Mr Anatoly Pechersky, a geographer, who said he and his son had seen it in the summer of 1975.
The creature had a body 50ft long and head over 6ft in length, he said. = Reuter.
From The Times, February 2nd, 1977.
Soviet lake is just mud.
Moscow - A team of experts from the prestigious Soviet Academy of Sciences claims to have scientifically disproved the existence of a mysterious marine beast in the depths of Lake Kol-Kol.
For many years there have been reports from witnesses of sightings of "a dinosaur-like" creature about 20 yards in length and emitting loud trumpeting sounds appearing above the surface.
Reporting from the town of Alma Ata, Tass, has disclosed that an expedition mounted by members of the academy's Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology of Animals has discovered a natural explanation.
According to the researchers, the deep lake is connected with underground cavities by mud-covered cracks. When the mud is washed away and water rushes down, large whirlpools appear. And if air is sucked in as well, the lake starts "singing."
From The Times, January 18th 1986.
Creatures in Lake Kanasi, Western China
Legendary lake 'monster' is captured on camera - Jane Macartney
China's Loch Ness monster has been sighted - or so Chinese state-run television says. More than a dozen huge creatures can be seen churning across Lake Kanasi in remote western China.
A rare video, filmed by a tourist at the lake in the Heavenly Mountains of Xinjiang, has reignited debate over the existence of an underwater creature that can compete with the Loch Ness monster in both mass and mystery.
The grainy film shows about 15 objects moving at high speed just beneath the surface of the lake. Chinese Central Television described the footage as the clearest yet seen of a legendary beast that has been rumoured for centuries to live in the depths of the lake. Local inhabitants have long believed that the animals have dragged sheep, cows and even horses into the deep to devour them.
Yuan Guoying, of the Xinjiang Institute of Environmental Protection, told The Times that the video provided important proof. "Only fish could make waves in this formation. I think the video is real," Mr Yuan, who has conducted research at the lake for more than two decades, said.
The television commentator described the sighting as the first for two years, when two black creatures that measured more than 10 metres (33ft) in length appeared on the surface, swimming at speed from the shore to the centre of the lake. State television made no attempt to identify the animals, saying only: "This time a large number of unidentified creatures emerged, bringing more mystery to Lake Kanasi."
Chinese researchers in the 1980s said that the "monster" was likely to be a huge member of the salmon family - one of eight species of fish living in the lake. Mr Yuan believes that a lot more research is needed, although it would be impossible to catch a fish of this size. "This fish will have tremendous strength, " he said.
From The Times, July 18th, 2007.
China's Loch Ness monster has been sighted - or so Chinese state-run television says. More than a dozen huge creatures can be seen churning across Lake Kanasi in remote western China.
A rare video, filmed by a tourist at the lake in the Heavenly Mountains of Xinjiang, has reignited debate over the existence of an underwater creature that can compete with the Loch Ness monster in both mass and mystery.
The grainy film shows about 15 objects moving at high speed just beneath the surface of the lake. Chinese Central Television described the footage as the clearest yet seen of a legendary beast that has been rumoured for centuries to live in the depths of the lake. Local inhabitants have long believed that the animals have dragged sheep, cows and even horses into the deep to devour them.
Yuan Guoying, of the Xinjiang Institute of Environmental Protection, told The Times that the video provided important proof. "Only fish could make waves in this formation. I think the video is real," Mr Yuan, who has conducted research at the lake for more than two decades, said.
The television commentator described the sighting as the first for two years, when two black creatures that measured more than 10 metres (33ft) in length appeared on the surface, swimming at speed from the shore to the centre of the lake. State television made no attempt to identify the animals, saying only: "This time a large number of unidentified creatures emerged, bringing more mystery to Lake Kanasi."
Chinese researchers in the 1980s said that the "monster" was likely to be a huge member of the salmon family - one of eight species of fish living in the lake. Mr Yuan believes that a lot more research is needed, although it would be impossible to catch a fish of this size. "This fish will have tremendous strength, " he said.
From The Times, July 18th, 2007.
Lake Lucerne monster, Brunnen, Switzerland
'Monster' hunt in Lake Lucerne.
Geneva, Aug 30.
An underwater search for a "monster" in Lake Lucerne is to be carried out by a Swiss diver using an electronic camera.
Crowds of sightseers lined the lake shore yesterday near Brunnen where about 60 people on Friday saw what they believed to be a long-necked creature moving through the water.
Photographs show a close similarity to some of those taken at Loch Ness over the past two decades. Its length was estimated at about 20ft to 25ft.
Lake 'monster' was made for TV show.
Brunnen, Aug 31.
The myth of the "monster" which appeared in Lake Lucerne, off Brunnen, on Saturday was deflated today.
Switzerland's "Loch Ness Monster", which drew crowds and tourist dollars to the lake area, turned out to be a 50ft inflatable "animal", complete with floats and flippers for realistic diving and surfacing, specially made for a television broadcast.
The Swiss press reported the monster's appearance in the lake with photographs showing two dark patches on the surface of the water. - Agence France-Presse.
From The Times, September 1st, 1976.
Interesting here that the size of the monster was underestimated by quite some margin.
Geneva, Aug 30.
An underwater search for a "monster" in Lake Lucerne is to be carried out by a Swiss diver using an electronic camera.
Crowds of sightseers lined the lake shore yesterday near Brunnen where about 60 people on Friday saw what they believed to be a long-necked creature moving through the water.
Photographs show a close similarity to some of those taken at Loch Ness over the past two decades. Its length was estimated at about 20ft to 25ft.
Lake 'monster' was made for TV show.
Brunnen, Aug 31.
The myth of the "monster" which appeared in Lake Lucerne, off Brunnen, on Saturday was deflated today.
Switzerland's "Loch Ness Monster", which drew crowds and tourist dollars to the lake area, turned out to be a 50ft inflatable "animal", complete with floats and flippers for realistic diving and surfacing, specially made for a television broadcast.
The Swiss press reported the monster's appearance in the lake with photographs showing two dark patches on the surface of the water. - Agence France-Presse.
From The Times, September 1st, 1976.
Interesting here that the size of the monster was underestimated by quite some margin.
Lake monster in Bear Creek, Utah.
A mysterious monster has long been supposed to haunt the waters of Bear Creek, Ride County, Utah, and a full description by an eye witness is given in the following letter, which, "by courtesy of President Brigham Young," is published in the Salt Lake City News: -
"To President Brigham Young. - Paris, Oneida County, Idaho, May 18th, 1874.
Dear Brother,
- Last Friday morning, May 15th, on our return from conference, William Broomhead, Milando Pratt, and myself, were in a light waggon, travelling northward by the lake shore, when our attention was attracted to an object in the water about a hundred yards ahead of us, and about twenty-five yards from the shore. At first sight, we thought it might be a very large duck, as we distinctly saw ducks nearer the shore; but as we got near we saw it was an animal, the head and a portion of the back about a foot from the head being visible, leaving also about the space of a foot between the back where the animal was not visible, the invisible part no doubt being the neck. When we were within about seventy yards the animal dived under the water, andf rom its action we judged it was not more than five or six feet long; still we did not see its length.
When it went down we stopped our waggon and waited, hoping it would come up again, which it did in perhaps about a minute, a little behind us, and probably twenty-five yards from shore and not more than thirty-five yards from us. Its face and part of its head were distinctly seen covered with fur or short hair of a light snuff colour. The face of the animal was apparently flat, very wide between the eyes and tapering to the nose, with very full large eyes and prominent ears resembling those of a horse, but scarcely as long. The whole face in shape was like that of a fox, but so large that the space between the eyes equalled that of the distance between, the eyes of a common cow. It did not look ferocious, and was in no hurry to go, but kept moving slowly; then, diving again, came up and moved off into the lake as fast as a man could walk. As there has been considerable interest excited in regard to the 'Bear Lake Monster,' I submit a description of what we have seen, thinking it might be acceptable to you --
Very respectfully, William Budge."
It seems a pity this monster cannot be secured for the Brighton Aquarium.
From the York Herald, June 26th, 1874.
"To President Brigham Young. - Paris, Oneida County, Idaho, May 18th, 1874.
Dear Brother,
- Last Friday morning, May 15th, on our return from conference, William Broomhead, Milando Pratt, and myself, were in a light waggon, travelling northward by the lake shore, when our attention was attracted to an object in the water about a hundred yards ahead of us, and about twenty-five yards from the shore. At first sight, we thought it might be a very large duck, as we distinctly saw ducks nearer the shore; but as we got near we saw it was an animal, the head and a portion of the back about a foot from the head being visible, leaving also about the space of a foot between the back where the animal was not visible, the invisible part no doubt being the neck. When we were within about seventy yards the animal dived under the water, andf rom its action we judged it was not more than five or six feet long; still we did not see its length.
When it went down we stopped our waggon and waited, hoping it would come up again, which it did in perhaps about a minute, a little behind us, and probably twenty-five yards from shore and not more than thirty-five yards from us. Its face and part of its head were distinctly seen covered with fur or short hair of a light snuff colour. The face of the animal was apparently flat, very wide between the eyes and tapering to the nose, with very full large eyes and prominent ears resembling those of a horse, but scarcely as long. The whole face in shape was like that of a fox, but so large that the space between the eyes equalled that of the distance between, the eyes of a common cow. It did not look ferocious, and was in no hurry to go, but kept moving slowly; then, diving again, came up and moved off into the lake as fast as a man could walk. As there has been considerable interest excited in regard to the 'Bear Lake Monster,' I submit a description of what we have seen, thinking it might be acceptable to you --
Very respectfully, William Budge."
It seems a pity this monster cannot be secured for the Brighton Aquarium.
From the York Herald, June 26th, 1874.
Monster in Thompson Lake, Illinois
A HUGE LAKE MONSTER.
EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN STORY.
"Does Thompson's Lake boast of a sea serpent?" This is a question which the people of Havaanah (Illinois) have been asking themselves, and apparently, it has been answered affirmatively on the excellent testimony of the Rev. A. K. Tullis. Thompson's Lake is a neighbouring fishing and hunting resort, and a huge monster has been seen there repeatedly, according to popular report. It was said that a party of fishermen, young men and ladies, had seen this monster several months ago, and that the party thought at first that some huge tree had fallen into one of the lagoons tributary to the lake. The existence of some huge river serpent in Thompson's Lake is now established beyond all cavil or question, and by the best authority.
This reptile was seen one day by the Rev. A.K. Tullis, pastor of the Methodist Church, of Lewistown, and his son, Harry, who were boating on the lake. In company with his son, the Rev. Mr. Tullis was fishing. Their skiff was anchored about a half-mile south east of the boat landing, near the Prickett houses. At a distance of less than 200ft, amont the flags and lilies, Mr. Tullis first caught sight of the hideous creature's head as it rose high in the air. The head was flat, with a sort of whiskers or fin-like appendages on either side, and the eyes were large. From a cruel-looking mouth a forked tongue shot out, and hisses could be distinctly heard. Mr. Tullis says he cannot adequately describe the monster, but is satisfied that its neck was as large around as his arm, or larger, and he has no means of knowing how long the reptile is.
The creature seemed to be tangled in a mass of moss at the time, for it threshed the water into a foam for a 100ft around, and, as it did so, exposed portions of its body, which gave the impression that it must be several feet in circumfernce, although at the neck it was not much larger than a good-sized man's fleshy arm. During this time Harry Tullis fell out of the boat, and, in rescuing him so much commontion was made in the water that the reptile became quiet, or moved to another part of the lake. It was seen again, however, before the party returned to shore.
The Rev. Mr. Tullis does not pretend to give a sensational description of the monster. He says that htere can be no doubt that it is a huge reptile of some sort, and is not certain but it is a reptile something on the order of the prehistoric animals whose huge remains are occasionally found in some of the older deposits in river valleys. This creature has been seen before this by others fishing in Thompson's Lake. Little attention was paid to the stories told of the hideous thing until the Rev. Mr. Tullis verified them. One farmer saw the snake tearing through his cornfield recently, leaving a swath dozens of feet wide. Some fields of grain have been ruined by the monster. A party of cool and determined men is being organised to capture the animal and ascertain to what order of reptile it belongs. There is little doubt that a much-mooted question has finally been settled.
From The Western Mail, July 23rd, 1894.
EXTRAORDINARY AMERICAN STORY.
"Does Thompson's Lake boast of a sea serpent?" This is a question which the people of Havaanah (Illinois) have been asking themselves, and apparently, it has been answered affirmatively on the excellent testimony of the Rev. A. K. Tullis. Thompson's Lake is a neighbouring fishing and hunting resort, and a huge monster has been seen there repeatedly, according to popular report. It was said that a party of fishermen, young men and ladies, had seen this monster several months ago, and that the party thought at first that some huge tree had fallen into one of the lagoons tributary to the lake. The existence of some huge river serpent in Thompson's Lake is now established beyond all cavil or question, and by the best authority.
This reptile was seen one day by the Rev. A.K. Tullis, pastor of the Methodist Church, of Lewistown, and his son, Harry, who were boating on the lake. In company with his son, the Rev. Mr. Tullis was fishing. Their skiff was anchored about a half-mile south east of the boat landing, near the Prickett houses. At a distance of less than 200ft, amont the flags and lilies, Mr. Tullis first caught sight of the hideous creature's head as it rose high in the air. The head was flat, with a sort of whiskers or fin-like appendages on either side, and the eyes were large. From a cruel-looking mouth a forked tongue shot out, and hisses could be distinctly heard. Mr. Tullis says he cannot adequately describe the monster, but is satisfied that its neck was as large around as his arm, or larger, and he has no means of knowing how long the reptile is.
The creature seemed to be tangled in a mass of moss at the time, for it threshed the water into a foam for a 100ft around, and, as it did so, exposed portions of its body, which gave the impression that it must be several feet in circumfernce, although at the neck it was not much larger than a good-sized man's fleshy arm. During this time Harry Tullis fell out of the boat, and, in rescuing him so much commontion was made in the water that the reptile became quiet, or moved to another part of the lake. It was seen again, however, before the party returned to shore.
The Rev. Mr. Tullis does not pretend to give a sensational description of the monster. He says that htere can be no doubt that it is a huge reptile of some sort, and is not certain but it is a reptile something on the order of the prehistoric animals whose huge remains are occasionally found in some of the older deposits in river valleys. This creature has been seen before this by others fishing in Thompson's Lake. Little attention was paid to the stories told of the hideous thing until the Rev. Mr. Tullis verified them. One farmer saw the snake tearing through his cornfield recently, leaving a swath dozens of feet wide. Some fields of grain have been ruined by the monster. A party of cool and determined men is being organised to capture the animal and ascertain to what order of reptile it belongs. There is little doubt that a much-mooted question has finally been settled.
From The Western Mail, July 23rd, 1894.
Creature in Llyn Tegid (Lake Bala), Gwynedd
I am from Bala in North Wales, and there has been lots of talk about sightings on the lake - people have seen peculiar things. But what I saw was: I was sitting in the office in the morning, having a cup of coffee, and I looked out onto the lake and there was this massive thing, swimming along the surface. It was at least eight feet long, and it was making its way towards the bank. I went in the car and came over the fence onto the lake foreshore, but it had disappeared. Some time after that, I was out on the lake one day, and I saw what turned out to be a dead sheep, a massive thing. I put a piece of rope around one of its legs and pulled it onto the foreshore and dragged it behind some trees and left it there. The following morning I went with one of my staff to bury this sheep, and when we arrived at the spot, it was nowhere to be seen. And I often ask people, who goes round pinching dead sheep? As to where it could have gone will remain a mystery, but as to my mind there was only one way it could have gone, and that would be back into the lake.
Tale by Dewi Bowen, Retired Lake Warden, for 'Strange Days'.
Tale by Dewi Bowen, Retired Lake Warden, for 'Strange Days'.
The Loch Ness Monster
SEEN 21 TIMES IN FOUR WEEKS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY WATCHERS
From a correspondent
The four weeks' search for the Loch Ness monster, organized by Sir Edward Mountain, chairman of the Eagle, Star and British Dominions Insurance Company, Limited, came to an end last night. During the four weeks the creature was observed by the watchers on 21 occasions.
Photographing a marine creature proved extremely difficult, but photographs which clearly prove that there is some strange animal in the loch were secured and were made public last night. Since visibility and weather were generally bad during the last fortnight of the organized search, Sir Edward Mountain has decided to continue it for one more week, and has now put two much more powerful cameras in the most likely places.
Great precautions were taken, in organizing the search, to make certain that there would be no tampering with the films. Arrangements were made with Kodak, Limited, who supplied the cameras, that all films should be sealed and developed by the company's chief chemist. The 20 watchers and their supervisor, Captain James Fraser, were also equipped with powerful field glasses. The search has gone on under conditions of almost military precision, with a careful distribution of watchers at places most likely to yield satisfactory photographs.
THE CREATURE'S SPEED
in the main the accounts given by the watchers agree that when on the surface the monster displays a very small head relative to the size of its body, and moves along the water in such a way as to show either two or three humps. All accounts agree that when on the surface the creature moves with remarkable speed, which greatly complicates attempts to photograph it. On the other hand, it creates a tremendous wash, which can clearly be seen in one of the pictures reproduced.
The watchers were enthusiastic about their work, and some stayed on duty longer hours than they were asked to do in the hope of getting better photographs. The search has convinced most of the sceptics in the neighbourhood of the loch, and it has provided approximately 110 weeks of work for unemployed men in Inverness.
From The Times, August 9th, 1934.
PHOTOGRAPHS BY WATCHERS
From a correspondent
The four weeks' search for the Loch Ness monster, organized by Sir Edward Mountain, chairman of the Eagle, Star and British Dominions Insurance Company, Limited, came to an end last night. During the four weeks the creature was observed by the watchers on 21 occasions.
Photographing a marine creature proved extremely difficult, but photographs which clearly prove that there is some strange animal in the loch were secured and were made public last night. Since visibility and weather were generally bad during the last fortnight of the organized search, Sir Edward Mountain has decided to continue it for one more week, and has now put two much more powerful cameras in the most likely places.
Great precautions were taken, in organizing the search, to make certain that there would be no tampering with the films. Arrangements were made with Kodak, Limited, who supplied the cameras, that all films should be sealed and developed by the company's chief chemist. The 20 watchers and their supervisor, Captain James Fraser, were also equipped with powerful field glasses. The search has gone on under conditions of almost military precision, with a careful distribution of watchers at places most likely to yield satisfactory photographs.
THE CREATURE'S SPEED
in the main the accounts given by the watchers agree that when on the surface the monster displays a very small head relative to the size of its body, and moves along the water in such a way as to show either two or three humps. All accounts agree that when on the surface the creature moves with remarkable speed, which greatly complicates attempts to photograph it. On the other hand, it creates a tremendous wash, which can clearly be seen in one of the pictures reproduced.
The watchers were enthusiastic about their work, and some stayed on duty longer hours than they were asked to do in the hope of getting better photographs. The search has convinced most of the sceptics in the neighbourhood of the loch, and it has provided approximately 110 weeks of work for unemployed men in Inverness.
From The Times, August 9th, 1934.
Swedish lake monster
THE LATEST MONSTER
SWEDISH ADDITION TO THE TRIBE
From our own correspondent
STOCKHOLM, Jan 3
According to an informant of the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, a cousin or other relative of the Loch Ness "monster" seems to have found its way into a Swedish inland lake in the Province of Ostergotland.
For some years during the summer months "a strange animal has been swimming about in the lake." Last summer this observer saw it at a distance of only 350ft. "Its head was raised above the surface of the water and had something horsy about it." The creature "might have been about 35ft. long, but was apparently very shy, as it hurriedly disappeared." The observer adds that other people in the district have seen the "monster," and have been much scared by it.
Its appearance during the winter months has not been reported, and as the Swedish lake is then presumably frozen over its presence in it is evidently a seasonal affair. It has not been overlooked here that a correspondent to The Times put forward the suggestion that the Scottish "monster" has obviously taken the lake for the season.
From The Times, January 4th, 1934.
SWEDISH ADDITION TO THE TRIBE
From our own correspondent
STOCKHOLM, Jan 3
According to an informant of the newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, a cousin or other relative of the Loch Ness "monster" seems to have found its way into a Swedish inland lake in the Province of Ostergotland.
For some years during the summer months "a strange animal has been swimming about in the lake." Last summer this observer saw it at a distance of only 350ft. "Its head was raised above the surface of the water and had something horsy about it." The creature "might have been about 35ft. long, but was apparently very shy, as it hurriedly disappeared." The observer adds that other people in the district have seen the "monster," and have been much scared by it.
Its appearance during the winter months has not been reported, and as the Swedish lake is then presumably frozen over its presence in it is evidently a seasonal affair. It has not been overlooked here that a correspondent to The Times put forward the suggestion that the Scottish "monster" has obviously taken the lake for the season.
From The Times, January 4th, 1934.
"Loch Ness Monster" In Manitoba Lake
"MANIPOGO" TO BE INVESTIGATED.
From our Correspondent.
WINNIPEG, Man., July 29
The professor of zoology at the University of Manitoba, Dr. J. A. McLeod, is leaving for Lake Winnipegosis, in northern Manitoba, to investigate the appearance there of Manitoba's own version of the Loch Ness monster. Last weekend some 20 persons reported sighting a strange animal swimming in the lake. It was described as being about 10ft. long with humps on its back every two or three feet, black on top with white underside, and moving at a speed of about 15 miles an hour.
Dr. McLeod, although sceptical about the reports, did not rule out the possibility of a prehistoric animal surviving in Manitoba's north. He recalled that the Coelacanth and other animals considered long extinct had been caught in recent years.
Residents living around Lake Winnipegosis have claimed for many years that a strange animal which they call the "Manipogo" was living in the lake. The story first cropped up in the thirties, but various attempts at capturing or at least photographing the "Manipogo" have hitherto proved fruitless.
From The Times, July 30th, 1960.
CANADIAN 'MONSTER' PHOTOGRAPHED
From our correspondent
WINNIPEG, Aug 15
The Winnipeg Free Press today published on its front page a photograph of an object which looks like the Manipogo monster, a creature believed to have haunted Lake Manitoba for half a century. The picture was taken by two men on a fishing trip at a spot about 180 miles north of Winnipeg. It shows an elongated, snake-like object with a hump in the middle which, the fishermen said, moved through the water like an eel for 15 minutes before submerging. The photograph was taken from a distance of between 50 and 75 yards.
One of the men said it was black in colour, and no head was visible. Although the boat was equipped equipped with a 10 h.p. motor the men were unable to overtake the object before it vanished beneath the surface.
The two men said they first saw the object when it was about 300 yards away. They swung the boat in its direction and observed that it was swimming with a rippling action. It swam steadily forward as the boat approached and crossed in front of the bow.
In 1960 Professor James McLeod, head of the Zoology department at the University of Manitoba, carried out an unsuccessful search for the lake monster.
From The Times, August 16th, 1962.
From our Correspondent.
WINNIPEG, Man., July 29
The professor of zoology at the University of Manitoba, Dr. J. A. McLeod, is leaving for Lake Winnipegosis, in northern Manitoba, to investigate the appearance there of Manitoba's own version of the Loch Ness monster. Last weekend some 20 persons reported sighting a strange animal swimming in the lake. It was described as being about 10ft. long with humps on its back every two or three feet, black on top with white underside, and moving at a speed of about 15 miles an hour.
Dr. McLeod, although sceptical about the reports, did not rule out the possibility of a prehistoric animal surviving in Manitoba's north. He recalled that the Coelacanth and other animals considered long extinct had been caught in recent years.
Residents living around Lake Winnipegosis have claimed for many years that a strange animal which they call the "Manipogo" was living in the lake. The story first cropped up in the thirties, but various attempts at capturing or at least photographing the "Manipogo" have hitherto proved fruitless.
From The Times, July 30th, 1960.
CANADIAN 'MONSTER' PHOTOGRAPHED
From our correspondent
WINNIPEG, Aug 15
The Winnipeg Free Press today published on its front page a photograph of an object which looks like the Manipogo monster, a creature believed to have haunted Lake Manitoba for half a century. The picture was taken by two men on a fishing trip at a spot about 180 miles north of Winnipeg. It shows an elongated, snake-like object with a hump in the middle which, the fishermen said, moved through the water like an eel for 15 minutes before submerging. The photograph was taken from a distance of between 50 and 75 yards.
One of the men said it was black in colour, and no head was visible. Although the boat was equipped equipped with a 10 h.p. motor the men were unable to overtake the object before it vanished beneath the surface.
The two men said they first saw the object when it was about 300 yards away. They swung the boat in its direction and observed that it was swimming with a rippling action. It swam steadily forward as the boat approached and crossed in front of the bow.
In 1960 Professor James McLeod, head of the Zoology department at the University of Manitoba, carried out an unsuccessful search for the lake monster.
From The Times, August 16th, 1962.
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