Dobhar-chú of Lough Mask
The following account of a Dobhar-chú in Lough Mask (Lake Mask) appeared in Roderic O’Flaherty’s (1629 – 1718) ‘A Description of West Connaught’ dated 1684 which was translated by James Hardiman in 1846.
Category: Cryptozoology
Guánica Creature
Near Guánica , on 23 December 1995, Osvaldo Rosado, a 44-year old mechanic was washing his car when he had a strange experience with a large creature. As he walked back to the house he was grabbed from behind by what was described as a seven foot tall hairy gorilla like figure. He fought back and the creature ran off.
Monsterous Serpent of Henham
Robert or should this be William Winstantley of Saffron Walden wrote a pamphlet titled ‘The Flying Serpent or Strange News Out of Essex – A True Relation of a Monsterous Serpent seen at Henham on the Mount in Saffron Walden,’ published in 1699. Part of the text concerning this dragon is repeated below.
Te Hokioi
The following article by Paul Rodgers entitled ‘Maori legend of man-eating bird is true’ appears on The Independent’s website and is dated 14 September 2009.
Creature that features in New Zealand folklore really existed, scientists say.
Haifa Mermaid
The following article entitled ‘Mermaid Fever Makes A Splash In Israel’ appeared on the Sky News Website 11 August 2009, written by Dominic Waghorn (Middle East correspondent)
Helensburgh Big Cat Video
The following article entitled "Policeman takes ‘big cat’ video" appeared on BBC News Channel website 28 July 2009.
An off-duty Ministry of Defence police dog handler has taken a video of what he claims is a panther-sized big cat.
Ginger Beast of Beckermet
I was intrigued to come across mentions of a Big Foot sighting in Beckermet, Cumbria and sought out the original source, a copy of the Whitehaven News, dated 5 March 1998.
Green Shark of Berwick-upon-Tweed
In the Historical Register of Remarkable Events by John Sykes (1833) a strange visitor to Berwick-upon-Tweed is mentioned. In September 1757 a six foot long green coloured shark was caught by a net in the River Tweed just above the bridge at Berwick.
Llyn Cau
The glacial lake of Llyn Cau at Cader Idris is said to be bottomless and according to tradition it is thought to be the home of a lake monster responsible for drowning a man who went swimming in the cold waters.
Cefn Cave Crocodile
There is a tradition that a local man found a crocodile in Cefn Caves, which was a popular visitor attraction. This supposedly occurred near the end of the nineteenth century (approx 1870) and upon discovering the creature he managed to kill it.
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