Loch Ree and 8 more lakes with monsters
On May 18, 1960, three priests claimed to have seen a horse-headed monster in Lough Ree in Ireland. This is one of three lakes in Ireland where a monster has been seen. In 2001, a search expedition even took place on the lake, covered by the Irish media. We have collected information about 8 more of the most famous lakes, on which, at one time or another, eyewitnesses saw unusual creatures unknown to science, the existence of which has not yet been proven.
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1. Loch Ness, Scotland. Without exaggeration, the most famous lake with a monster in the world. The famous Nessie, rumors about which date back to the 6th century AD, according to many scientists, is the last dinosaur living on earth.
2. Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada. Ogopogo is a legendary monster that made British Columbia famous and almost came close in popularity to Nessie. First seen in 1958, it was regularly described by eyewitnesses as a long snake lizard with a barrel-like body, long neck and fins.
3. Lake Labynkyr, Yakutia, Russia. The Labynkyr Devil is a monster seen by the Yakuts in the 19th century. Although there is no photo or video evidence, the monster has been spotted by more than one scientific expedition. In addition, the noise allegedly made by the monster was recorded, and with the help of an echo sounder, a huge shadow was noticed, clearly not the size of any known lake fish.
4. Lake Kanas, Xinjiang Province, China. For the first time, a huge living creature was seen by students of a local university in 1985. Later there were rumors that the monster regularly drags animals and birds underwater. In the 90s, they forgot about him, but in 2011, several eyewitnesses stated that the monster had risen to the surface again. One of them even managed to capture it.
5. Lake Kok-Kol, Dzhambul region, Kazakhstan. Here, according to multiple observations of eyewitnesses, a huge (at least 15 meters long) bloodthirsty creature lives, dragging birds and animals under the water. The locals nicknamed the monster "the water spirit of Idahar".
6. Lake Storshen, Jämtland Province, Sweden. The local inhabitant is a huge pangolin, the first notes about which date back to 1635. Its existence for a long time was considered just a medieval legend, but in the early 2000s, local media wrote that two girls saw the monster. They were scared to death. At first, their story was not taken seriously, but a few years later, incredible footprints were found on the shore of the lake, the owner of which has not yet been identified. It is also known that a giant trap was set on the lake.
7. Lake Champlain, USA - Canada. For the first time, a local monster was described by an eyewitness - a sheriff named Nathan Mooney in 1883, as a huge black snake about 50 meters long. In 1977, tourist Sandra Mansi managed to photograph the head, neck and part of the back of the monster. Also, according to other eyewitnesses, the "Shamp" has three to five humps on its back.
8. Lake Brosno, Tver region, Russia. The local monster is described by eyewitnesses as a lizard, strongly resembling a plesiosaur. Most of them talk about the lizard in words, but some, supposedly, were even lucky enough to take pictures of it. However, there are no official facts about the existence of the monster at the moment.
9. Loch Ree, Ireland. According to legend, not only a monster is hiding in the lake, but also a whole underwater city with a cathedral.