I apologise for lack of posts last couple of weeks. I am having internet connection problems which are still ongoing. Will get back to posting asap. Hopefully will soon be resolved .
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Tuesday, 1 October 2024
Film of Sea Monster?
Irish Sea Nessie?
Report of sea monster filming.
A beach walker says he filmed a mythical
Nessie-like sea monster that
has featured in legends for centuries.
Dean
Beattie saw the bizarre long-necked creature a few dozen yards off shore.
The
bemused barber managed to video the apparition for a few seconds before his
phone died.
But the clip shows what appears to be a
large, serpent like creature with its head clear of the water.
The
strange sighting was made off the coast of Donegal, Ireland.
It’s not the best of videos as my phone
died when I started to record but it wasn’t a swan a seal or anything I’ve ever
seen.
“We sat
and watched it for 20 minutess at least – going under water then resurfacing a
minute or so later, around 20 yards away.
“Then it
just disappeared from sight.
“I’m as
curious as anyone would be.
“The
more I compare the more it looks like the original Loch Ness monster photo.
“I feel
like going back to see if I can see it again.”
Read rest see film here :
There have been stories of Irish Sea Monsters for
many years see one story here :
https://cryptozoo-oscity.blogspot.com/2020/11/irish-sea-monster.html
Thursday, 19 September 2024
Strange Encounter in Loch Ness.
Loch Ness Encounter
An
Australia swimmer swimming across Loch Ness had a strange encounter .
‘Swimmer
hit by 'something big' in Loch Ness in terrifying encounter 'worse than coming
up against great white shark'
Duncan
Roberts was taking on a charity swim and reckon anyone who enters the water is
'lying if they say they haven’t thought about the monster'
A
wild swimmer has recounted his terrifying experience in the waters of Loch
Ness, during which he was hit by "something big" coming from the
depths. Australian daredevil Duncan Roberts reckons the encounter was scarier
than coming up against a great white shark as he described how he felt a
"big thud in the chest".
It
has sparked speculation it may have been the mysterious monster Nessie, said to
lurk beneath the waves of the world-famous loch. The 39-year-old was in
Scotland for a charity challenge in the icy waters when the incident happened,
reports the Daily Star.
He
said: "The depth and the darkness of that water plays tricks with your
mind. There is some weird energy at play in that water.
"And
during my swim I experienced a bump halfway across. It was something big. The water
is pitch black and I had my eyes closed a lot of the time as the depth and
darkness terrified me so I didn’t see anything. I just felt it, a big thud in
the chest."’
Source::https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/weird-news/swimmer-hit-something-big-loch-33695607
I must admit I wouldn’t want to swim in Loch Ness
,apart from the cold ,its very deep and then there is Nessie!
Monday, 9 September 2024
The Ogua Monster
The
Hoult Monster or Ogua.
The Ogua, also known as the Rivesville Monster or
Hoult Monster, is a freshwater monster from the West Virginia and Pennsylvania
area. It is said to live in the Ohio, Allegheny, and Monongahela rivers.
In ancient times giant snapping turtles roamed the area . The Ogua is said to
be like one of the ancient turtles. It is described as 20 feet (6.6 metres)
long and estimated to weigh 500 pounds.Some say it has two heads. It is seen on
land as well as in the water. It can catch deer and crush them whole.Some say
it is more alligator like with four stubby legs rather than fins and agressive.Its
colour is brown or reddish brown.
The first sighting of the creature was in 1745. Eye witnesses reported seeing a giant 2-headed
turtle come up out of the Monongahela River, and pull a 12 year old boy who was
fishing on the bank under the water.
Early settlers to the Hoult area told of a monstrous beast, bigger than a bear, with
a 15 foot ( 5 metres) long tail. An Amphibian it would live in the waters of the Ohio and
Monongahela rivers by day, and by night, come on land to hunt.
Lashing at the deer with its massive tail, it would then pull the prey
under the water to eat it. It would dart
out of the water in pursuit of prey.
There have been no recent sightings but large
turtles are not unknown. Maybe it will make another appearance if not extinct.
Giant South African Snake The Grootslang
The
Grootslang is a legendary huge snake that lives in a deep cave in the Richtersveld, South
Africa.Described as being 40–50 feet (12–15 metres)long and leaving a track 3 feet (approx 1 metre) wide.
The cave is known as the "Wonder Hole" or the
"Bottomless Pit" locally and said to be connected to the sea.It is
also said to be full of diamonds. It is approximately three miles from the
Orange River. Some locals say the Grootslang takes cattle from the river bank.
Belief in the
snake is strong locally among Khoikhoi people
and some local living Europeans and they
fear it.
Prospector Frederick Carruthers Cornell (1867 —
1921) collected information on the grootslang He wrote that many Khoikhoi in the area claimed to have seen it.
A pastor,Father
Wolf of the Pella Mission also reported
that the Khoikhoi spoke of a huge snake preying on their cattle. He took the
stories seriously, but his attempts to find the Grootslang were not successful.
South African pioneer Doctor Hans Sauer (1857 —
1939) claimed in his book Ex Africa (1937) to have encountered a grootslang
when he was ten years old at the source
of the Orange River.
A general dealer named G. A. Kinnear also claimed to
have seen a grootslang in 1899, whilst shipping goods across the Orange River in a
flat-bottomed ferry boat
In 1910 some men were camped some twenty miles below the Augrabies
Falls. One was an American named Kammeyer, The Orange River was in flood and Kammeyer, had been bathing in a quiet backwater
near a herd of cattle. He returned to the camp in an agitated state, claiming
that an enormous snake had emerged from the water and dragged one of the calves
into the river. It was confirmed that a
calf was missing from the heard, and Kammeyer stuck to his story.
While searching for treasure in the Richtersveld of
South Africa in 1917, the English businessman Peter Grayson disappeared. Rumors
said that the Grootslang had taken him.
In June 1950, a G. K. Atherstone claimed that local
people had showed him to a spot on the Orange River where a huge snake had been
seen. Some hundred yards out on the water, a black serpent's head appeared
ahead of the undulating rings of a large body.
There were several reports of sightings between 1960
and 1963
In January 1960, Oranjeville locals Mr and Mrs C. J.
Reyneke, and their two children, claimed to have seen a pair of "swimming
monsters" in the Vaal Dam.. The Reynekes estimated that the animals were
some 200 feet ( 65 metres) long, but
only around 4feet 1.3 metres) in diameter. The creatures , which the
Reynekes believed were playing, eventually dived underwater and disappeared.
Large snakes are not unknown. Largest living green anaconda snake measured 6.3
metres/20.7 feet), The
largest reticulated python from
Indonesia, was measured at 6.95 m (22 ft
10 in) and weighed 59 kg (130 lb 1 oz) .
A very large snake is not impossible but 200 feet sounds like an exaggeration. The Grootslang may indeed be real.
Thursday, 22 August 2024
Lake Erie Monsters?
A Lake
Erie swamp monster? Alligator sighting begs question: What else is Lake Erie
hiding
With a fisherman catching an unusual salmon in Lake
Erie and a group of people reporting an alligator on the Great Lake, you may be
wondering what else has been hanging around this 210-foot deep waterway.
On July 28, Colton Alex of Erie caught a 10.4 pound
Atlantic salmon that is believed to have been stocked hundreds of miles away in
Lake Huron. On Aug. 4, people believe they saw an alligator swimming near East
Avenue. As of Friday, the reptile has not been captured.
However, it’s not the first time an alligator was
released in Erie.
“We caught a 3-foot long alligator at the mouth of
Elk Creek,” said Capt. Jim Smolko of the Northwest Region of the Pennsylvania
Fish and Boat Commission. Smolko believes it happened about a dozen or so years
ago. It was in late September or early October and was spotted near the access
area in a pile of trees. “The water was getting cold. If somebody didn’t catch
it, it was probably going to end up dying.”
The reptile was caught and given to someone in North
East Township who could care for it.
Read the rest of the story of strange things in the
Lake here :
There is said to be
another resident of lake Erie, a lake monster called South Bay Bessie.
Lake Erie is 241 miles long( approx 389kms) and 57
miles(approx 90kms) at its widest point.It is shallow compared to other great
lakes but is said to be over 200 feet(over 65 metres) at its deepest.
The lake creature, now known as Bessie, was first
reported in 1817 when the crew of a schooner reported seeing a large serpent
like creature swimming in the lake. On July 8th, 1898, the Daily Register
Newspaper, of Ohio reported that the lake monster was able to live on both land
and in water and was a fierce, ugly,
coiling creature between 25(8 metres) and 30 feet long ( 10 metres)and at least
12 inches thick( .3 metres).
It became a bit of joke in 1912 when some hoaxers
tried to pass off an exotic snake as the creature. Then more sightings began to
be reported.
In 1960, Ken Golic was fishing off a pier in
Sandusky when he heard what he thought were
rats. He decided to throw a couple of rocks at them but then when he got
close he saw a cigar shaped creature.
In 1969, Jim Schindler was startled by a snake like
creature came near South Bass Island. He said it appeared to be about 2 feet (
.6 metre)wide.
In September 1981, Theresa Kovach of Akron watched a
snake like creature from a house on the
shore.She said that "was so large
that it could easily capsized a boat."
In 1983, Mary M. Landoll saw Bessie off Rye Beach in
Huron. Mary was out to the front porch just before dawn when from the lake she
heard a rowing sound and saw what looked like a capsized boat, but realised it
was animate. It was a greenish-brown and about 50 feet( 18metres) long . It had
a long neck and an eye was visible on the side of the head .
In 1985,there were two reported sightings . Tony
Schill of Avon, Ohio was boating with friends north of Vermilion when they saw
a dark brown snake like creature with a flat tail. Tony stated that "five
humps came out of the water. No way it was a sturgeon." .In 1985, Dale
Munro of Lorain was also boating when he saw something strange. He stated that
it had three humps and was black.
In 1989, Gail Kasner had a soner reading graph a
graph from a boat owned by Ken Smith of Streetsboro. It appeared to show cigar
shape object about 35 feet ( 11 metres)in length at a depth of about 30
feet.(10 metres)
Then there were several sightings in 1990 including:
Susan Seeson, of Salem saw a creature two miles from Cedar Point. In
September , Bob Soracco was jet skiing when he saw something.. He told
reporters that he saw humps with gray spots. "It was very long as I moved
closer and it was going down.". In the same month, Harold Bricker and his
family were fishing north of Cedar Point Amusement Park when a creature swam by
their boat .They described it as being 35 feet ( 11 metres)long and having a snake like head. It moved as fast as their
boat.Also in September Fire inspectors, Jim Johnson and Steve Dircks
of Huron, saw the creature from a window facing Lake Erie. They described it
as black at about 30 feet( 10 metres)
long.
In September 1991, Dennis Szececinski,was fishing in
the bay when something long and black slithered in front of him. Also in In
1991, George Repicz shot some video
footage which he claimed showed Bessie.
In the summer of 1998, Leslee Rasgaitis reported
seeing 3 black humps moving in the water of the shore of Huntington Beach,
Ohio.
There are some more recent sightings I believe but
the explanation given is that it is a sturgeon. I have never seen a sturgeon
undulate so it has humps .Perhaps it is a giant eel or water snake? Whatever
people are seeing it should be investigated.
Monday, 5 August 2024
Skinwalker Ranch
Skinwalker
In Navajo culture, a skinwalker is a type of witch who has the ability to turn into or possess animals. They are considered evil and can be male or female. The nearest creature in western mythology would
be a werewolf, The Navajo are reluctance to talk about them,
"We as Native people are now opened up to a
barrage of questions about these beliefs and traditions ... but these are not
things that need or should be discussed by outsiders. At all. I'm sorry if that
seems 'unfair', but that's how our cultures survive.”
(Keene, founder of the website Native Appropriations
on being asked about skinwalkers in literature.)
The legend came to the notice of the wider world
with the story of the skinwalker ranch.
The so called Skinwalker Ranch, previously known as
Sherman Ranch, is a property located southeast of Ballard, Utah,Claims about paranormal
events at the ranch first appeared in 1996 in the Salt Lake City, Utah, Deseret
News,
Robert Bigelow, founder of the National Institute
for Discovery Science, purchased the ranch for $200,000 in 1996, after being convinced
by the stories of cattle mutilations, and strange lights told by the family of
former ranch owner Terry Sherman.Bigelow set up round-the-clock surveillance of
the ranch, hoping to get to the bottom of the paranormal claims.
In 2005, Colm Kelleher and co-author George Knapp
published a book, Hunt for the Skinwalker, Kelleher and Knapp, reported they
saw evidence of incidents that include
vanishing and mutilated cattle, sightings of unidentified flying objects or
orbs, large animals with piercing red eyes and invisible objects emitting magnetic fields. However, the investigators
admitted to "difficulty obtaining evidence consistent with scientific
publication".
There was a TV series made of the investigations at
the Ranch which further extended its fame.
The Sherman’s
family ranch was 400 miles north of Navajo Nation so skinwalkers unlikely..
Author Robert Sheaffer believes the events at the Skinwalker Ranch to be "almost
certainly illusory", as the previous owners of the property, who had lived
there for 60 years, say that they saw no strange things of any kind . Sheaffer
considers the "parsimonious explanation" to be that the Sherman
family invented the story "prior to selling it to the gullible
Bigelow", with many of the more extraordinary claims originating solely
from Terry Sherman.
All I can suggest is read the literature and watch
the TV series and make up your own minds.In view of the lack of Navajo nation
in the area ,the skinwalker legend seems unlikely. However as I have said in
the past certain areas seem to attract strange phenomena .Or do they attract
the people that see them? You decide.
An article
for those interested in the ranch:
https://www.history.com/news/skinwalker-ranch-paranormal-ufos-mutilation