Another clue emerges on Lake Norman ‘monster’ with report of ‘enormous
fish’
A report this month that yet
another person saw a “dinosaur” in the murky waters of man-made Lake Norman has
prompted someone else to step forward with a clue about what the creature might
be.In a July 14 posting on the official LakeNormanMonster.com website,
a diver from Clemmons claims to have seen an “enormous” fish in the lake 20
years ago. The diver, who didn’t give a name, said he was looking for old
bottles among the buildings that were submerged when the lake was first
created.Adding to the creepiness factor: His light found the fish in the black
waters inside one of those submerged buildings, he wrote.
“It was...at least 8 feet long and 3 feet across
the mouth,” posted the diver. “We hovered in the water for a good 5 minutes
with our lights on it, not believing what we were seeing. I’ve never seen a
freshwater fish that big...The only thing it did was to pump it’s gills and
open and shut it’s mouth slowly, like it didn’t even see us.”
He guesses it may have been a
cat fish “a damn big, scary one too.” It could be the monster, he suggested.“That
fish might be a lot bigger in the 20 odd years since,” the diver wrote.
Speculation of the possible origin of the fabled
“monster” has increased in the past week, after a web site called CryptoZoology.com reported
a 35-year-old Mecklenburg County man claimed he saw a “dinosaur-like creature”
two weeks ago while traveling on a boat with friends.The man described the
creature as “splashing around in the water,” 10-feet-long and reminiscent of
the mythical Loch Ness monster. It was visible for about a minute before
dropping below the surface, he told the website.
Doubters believe the creature – if there is one
at all – is a giant catfish or even an alligator, a species that is rare in
local waters.“Couldn’t this be a sturgeon?” asked one skeptic on
LakeNormanMonster.com. “They get MASSIVE and do closely resemble that of a croc
with the spines on their back and large bumpy scales.”
The Observer has covered the ongoing Lake Norman
sightings, which date back nearly 50 years.A few dozen witnesses have posted
sightings on LakeNormanMonster.com. Descriptions range from a dinosaur-like
monster to a giant snake with fins... and thick whiskers.Most describe the
creature, called Normie, as looking like the famed Loch Ness monster that
allegedly inhabits Loch Ness in
the Scottish Highlands.A
page is devoted to The Lake Norman Monster on the web
site UnknownExplorers.com, and it notes there is no physical evidence
to support the existence of a monster living in Lake Norman. The site
speculates the sightings could involve a giant catfish or alligator gar.“Descriptions
of Normie vary from sighting to sighting, and range from a crocodilian like
creature to the more classic three humped serpent,” says UnknownExplorers.com. “Most
that have seen the Lake Norman Monster seem to agree that the beast is more
fish like, with a slender body, thick whisker like appendages, flippers and a ragged
looking dorsal fin.”
More on the Lake Norman monster here:
http://cryptozoo-oscity.blogspot.co.uk/2009/05/lake-norman-monster.html
