Loch Fyne is about 41 miles long
and is one of the longest sea lochs in Scotland. The journey from Glasgow takes
about 2 hours by car .It is well known for it’s oysters and kippers (smoked
herring).
There are tales about a monster
in the Loch but from many centuries ago.
A paragraph
in the book by Sir Archibald Dunbar ‘Scottish Kings’ (1899) stated that in July
1570 a creature which was the size of a
ship’s mast was seen to surface in Loch Fyne. It was described as having“great eyes”.
It was said locally that sometime later a huge unidentified carcass was found
on the banks of the loch. No further information was available. It is not the
supernatural event that is supposed to take place on the Loch, in the waters close to Inveraray there is supposed to be a phantom
ship which marks the imminent death of a senior member of the Campbell clan.
It was last sighted in 1913 when three members of the ship’s crew were seen on deck. It also moves over land.
So folk
tales you may think but then I came across an article in The Glasgow Herald
from 17th August 1949.
Mr P Talbot
of Caernarvonshire was on a yachting holiday. His chauffeur was with him
according to the article. They saw a great creature in the Loch. It was
described as 25-30 feet long with a dorsal hump or fin. It had a long neck
about 2 feet out of the water and a white face. He was about an hour away from
Ardrishaig sailing in the yacht and the creature was about 80 yards away.
See the
original article here:
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Basking Sharks
are known to enter the Loch and in 1939 it was reported that one 30 feet long
startled two fishermen. However that does not explain the long neck and white
face of the creature reported. I wonder if there are any other more recent sightings?
Please comment if you know of any.
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