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| Lake Ness Monster; what do you think | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 20 2011, 05:23 PM (136 Views) | |
| Pam | Feb 20 2011, 05:23 PM Post #1 |
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just having a look round the nett and came across this and wondered what everyone thought :lol: for pictures see the link :E LOOMING from the deep, its back a cluster of snake-like humps - is this England's answer to the Loch Ness Monster? The terrifying "beast", thought to be up to 50ft long, was captured on camera by two pals out kayaking on Lake Windermere. Shocked Tom Pickles and Sarah Harrington told how the mystery creature swept through the still waters at ten miles per hour - creating a giant wake. They claimed they watched it for 20 seconds before it vanished into the mist, leaving them to scramble 360 yards to the safety of the bank. Sighting ... map points to beast's appearanceAstonishingly, theirs is the EIGHTH sighting reported in the Lake District in just five years. Last night experts hailed the snap as the best proof yet that "something" lives in Windermere which - at 10.5 miles long and 220ft deep - is England's biggest natural lake. And, referring to Scotland's own legendary monster of the deep, one lake ecologist told The Sun: "If this thing is as big as they say it was, we're in Loch Ness Monster territory." Graduate Tom, 24, snapped the creature on his mobile while on a team-building exercise with 23-year-old IT company colleague Sarah in Cumbria. They were near the Lake's Belle Isle when they saw the "monster" 160ft to the south. Tom, based in Shrewsbury, said: "At first I thought it was a dog, then I saw it was much bigger and moving really fast. "Each hump was moving in a rippling motion. I could tell it was far bigger underwater from the huge shadow around it. Its skin was dark black or browny and like a seal's - but its shape was not like any animal I've ever seen. "It looked about the length of three cars. It was petrifying." http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3418428/Loch-Ness-Monster-lookalike-spotted-in-Lake-Windermere.html |
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| Super Bee | Feb 20 2011, 05:29 PM Post #2 |
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There are quite a few lakes around the world that people have seen similar things in. Just because scientists have never proved their existence doesnt mean that they dont exist. Apparently, we only know of a small fraction of the things that live in water, so therefore, the chances of their existence is better than the chances they dont. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 20 2011, 06:57 PM Post #3 |
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I agree with Bee on this. If indeed there is one in Loch Ness, the probabilities are that it isn't the only one in existence as that would be ridiculous, being as that particular one has been "sighted" for decades, it's probable that there is a family of them in order to continue their species. I'm open-minded about these things and don't have to have proof positive that they do or do not exist. :) |
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| Deleted User | Feb 20 2011, 07:01 PM Post #4 |
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I have fished lake Windermere many many times and never seen anything resembling a monster. Not even a monster Trout.. I have also sailed Windermere often and not seen anything. |
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| Pam | Feb 20 2011, 07:10 PM Post #5 |
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yes i agree with all the above, its just freaky how it keeping popping up from time to time there may well be some huge fish thing but not a Monster :lol: |
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| Deleted User | Feb 20 2011, 07:14 PM Post #6 |
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Not a monster in the truest sense of the word. It could be a massive pike, but that wouldn't account for the humps. Who knows. It could be a left-over and mutated species from prehistoric times, like the crocodile, for example. Fancy a spot of fishing, Loki? Aitch? :D |
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| Pam | Feb 20 2011, 07:16 PM Post #7 |
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well i would not be swimming in the lake at any rate :lol: :lol: and i doubt its just one as you say Mollie |
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| kathleen | Feb 20 2011, 07:48 PM Post #8 |
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I am doubtfull about it. would love to see it though. |
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| Deleted User | Feb 20 2011, 07:55 PM Post #9 |
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A species can't survive alone, not even in the sea. :E |
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| Wickerman | Feb 22 2011, 02:01 AM Post #10 |
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Alas no, I don't think there's any substance to it. We have our own 'Nessy' in Canada...(so they say). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogopogo On the other hand there are hundreds of Sasquatch sightings, far more than ever hit the news. We don't live out West so it's hard to get a feeling for the stories but I hope none are ever found because knowing how people are if one is ever found they will hunt them to extinction for the almighty $$$. Edited by Wickerman, Feb 22 2011, 02:01 AM.
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