Lake Somin Monster
A huge monster with the head of a
serpent and the body of a crocodile is rumoured to lurk at the bottom of Lake Somin in Western Ukraine. Now and again the gruesome
creature comes ashore and attacks domestic animals .The
hideous monster is also said to moan and wheeze at night. Lake Somin is located
in Polessie lowlands, which formed at the bottom of an ancient freshwater sea.
About 300 lakes scattered around the area are the remainders of the sea. Those lakes interconnect by means of underground passages and rivers.Lake Somin
is 56 meters deep. A number of caves lie at its bottom.
It is believed that the first stories about the
monster hiding in Lake Somin near the village of Lukiv appeared at the turn of
the 19th century. The reference to the monster can be found in a
report sent by a village chairman to Warsaw. He wrote that the villagers had not paid a tax on fishing
because of a “serpent” which lived in the lake, eating the fishes. The unknown
predator also harassed the livestock and locals, said the letter.
The local elderly say that the “lizard” was last seen on the lake
shore some 30 years ago.
“The monster assaulted Stepan, a groom. He was tending horses near
the lake on that day. Actually, Stepan had too much of a drink so he stretched
himself out on the grass and fell asleep. A crocodile-like creature crept on to
the bank out of the water, moved up to the guy, and sniffed at him. Mushroom
pickers came from the wood at the very moment. They saw that thing and started
shouting out loud to scare it off. The monster reportedly opened its month and
there wasn’t a single tooth inside,” said the 84-year-old Ivan Kovalchuk, a resident
of the village.”
Other scientists claim that the
creature could be a prehistoric freshwater shark which somehow survived
the Ice Age. “The archeological finds discovered in the area can back up this
version. There’re many reports on fossilized teeth and bones of ancient fishes
dug out by locals in their gardens,” said Valentin Volontai, an adviser with
the Institute of Archeology under the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
It is possible this could be another giant cat fish
but a freshwater shark is more interesting.
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