Lake Shasta
Serpent
Lake Shasta in California is 35 miles long (56 km) and a maximum depth of 517 ft (158 metres
).Its primary inflows are Sacramento River, Pit River, McCloud River and its primary
outflow is the Sacramento River.
On 10th July 2017 a family called Atwood
were swimming and having a picnic on the beach at Shasta Lake.They first
noticed disturbances in the water where groups of fish were leaping out of the water.Then a
large black mass breached the surface, perhaps in pursuit of the fish. Finally the
creature and its head was completely in view. Mrs Atwood said :
“It was massive and slow moving, then it slowly
submerged itself into the water leaving behind hardly a ripple of evidence on
the lake surface. I looked to my husband to make sure he saw the giant beast
too, his expression instantly told me he also witnessed the creature.”
Mrs Atwood described the Shasta lake monster as a glossy
dark gunmetal grey blue colour with smooth skin, and on the dorsal side it
had what looked to have hard shell like spiked scales about every 18″
or so. She said the shape of its head was similar to a rattlesnake; angular and
bulky, and its eyes were pure black.
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There is a legend of a creature in the Lake.A native
tribe objected to the Shasta Dam taking some of their sacred land.They summoned
an ancient horned beast with a fire dance and it materialised in the Sacramento
River.It was described as scaly ,huge and had horns.It did not stop the Dam but
continued to reside in the Lake.
In 2018 a monster was found in the Lake :
“A morning of fishing on Lake Shasta turned into a
rescue operation for a pair of Redding anglers who pulled a catfish out of an
8-foot sturgeon's mouth Monday, saving the big fish's life.Brandon Bartlett
said he and his friend, Sou Saephan, had been fishing on the Pit River Arm of
Lake Shasta and were returning to Jones Valley in their boat when they saw
something in the distance splashing in the water.They motored over to get a
closer look "and what do you know it’s a (bleeping) river monster just
swimming on top of the water so I roped the tail because I could tell it was
suffering," Saephan said in a Facebook post.At 8-feet, 2 inches long,
Bartlett said it was easily the biggest fish he had ever seen."It looked
almost prehistoric. It was really big," Bartlett said, describing the line
of spikes along its back and sides.They used the boat to drag it to the shore
and discovered it had a catfish stuck in its mouth.They used a pair of pliers
to pull out the catfish, which was about 13 inches long."You could see the
fish almost take a gasp when we got it (the catfish) out," Bartlett
said.
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So could the Sturgeon
have been what the Atwoods saw ? At over 8 feet long and with spikes on its back
its sounds similar to the description by Mrs Atwood.Unless more sightings and
evidence are forthcoming, a large Sturgeon may be the explanation for the
monster of Shasta Lake.
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