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In northeastern Ohio and Michigan folklore, Bessie is a name given to a lake monster in Lake Erie, [1] [2] also known as South Bay Bessie [3] or simply The Lake Erie Monster. The first recorded sighting of Bessie occurred in 1817, [ 2 ] and more sightings have occurred intermittently and in greater frequency in the last three decades. [ 2 ]
Sea Serpent, shark, or manatee [24] Lake Kussharo Hokkaido Japan: Asia: Kusshii: 30 to 60 ft (9-18 m) long with humps on its back, a long neck and a pair of horns on its head. [25] Lagarfljót Iceland: Europe: Lagarfljót Worm: Sometimes said to resemble large islands, but at other times to rise out of the water in arches, spanning hundreds of ...
The Frösö Runestone from the mid 11th century. In the legend from 1635 Storsjöodjuret is said to be the serpent depicted on the stone. 17th century attestations. The earliest description is of a sea/lake-serpent (sjöorm) inhabiting Storsjön, contained in a manuscript by Morten Pedersen Herdal dated to 1635. [14]
The Oilliphéist (Irish: ollphéist, from Irish oll 'great' and péist 'worm, fabulous beast, monster, reptile') [1] is a sea serpent or dragon-like monster in Irish mythology and folklore. [2] These monsters were believed to inhabit many lakes and rivers in Ireland and there are many legends of saints and heroes fighting them. [3]
Valhalla RYS was a steam yacht, famous for her participation in the Kaiser's Trans-Atlantic Race of 1905, and the sighting of a sea serpent in the Atlantic that same year. . She had several owners, most notably Joe Laycock, a trans-Atlantic racing yachtsman and Olympian, and James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, who employed her as a research vessel on three major voyages from 1902 to 19
The deep-sea fish are considered "incredibly rare" since less than 25 have been seen in Southern California waters in over a century, Ben Frable, Scripps' in-house fish expert and a museum ...
Kayak adventurers found an incredibly rare, 4-meter-long “sea serpent” washed ashore in San Diego. It was the latest in only 20 encounters in California waters since 1901. The post “Bad Omen ...
The Stronsay Beast was a large globster (unidentified organism) that washed ashore on the island of Stronsay (at the time spelled Stronsa), in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, after a storm on 25 September 1808. The carcass was measured as 55 ft (16.8 m) in length, without part of its tail. [1]