Freshwater

Weird reports from the Thames

A huge, 100-year-old sturgeon has been caught in British Colombia, Canada—and thrown back into the river.

First LNM sighting of 2022

In early May 1933 reports that some kind of monster had been spotted in Loch Ness, in the Scottish Highlands, near Inverness, reached the press. By the end of the year, national weekly publication The Sphere wrote:

When the Loch Ness monster first came into the news many believed that the stories published in the Press were nothing more than mere sensationalism. To-day this theory does not hold good. People, whose judgement can be relied on, have seen the ‘monster,’ and there is little doubt that some creature of unusual size does appear on the surface of the loch.

Ridiculous Loch Ness conspiracy theory

Located on the US/Canada border, and covering parts of Vermont, Quebec, and New York State, Lake Champlain has long been the reputed domain of a huge serpent known as Champ. Indeed, reports extend back more than 150 years. Certainly, one of the most fascinating developments in the story of Champ occurred in 1881. That was the year in which a huge skeleton was unearthed by one H.H. Burge. Of this sensational discovery, the May 27, 1881 issue of the Middlebury Register wrote: “The proprietors of the Champlain Granite Works, located near Barn Rock on Lake Champlain claim to have uncovered a petrified sea serpent of mammoth proportions, being about 8 inches in diameter and nearly fifty feet long. The surface of the stone bears evidence of the outer skin of a large serpent while the inner surface shows the entrails. The proprietors are intending soon to begin excavations along the place where it lies embedded in the dirt and granite, to ascertain its size.

Fishermen regret falling asleep as aggressive crocodile sneaks onto their boat

Young backpacker Amanda Phillips was thrown into prison for six months after she breached coronavirus restrictions in Australia, with her van breaking down and her dog being eaten by a crocodile too

Experts have said a British veteran who was killed by a great white shark could have been mistaken for a seal after it was revealed that he liked to wear wetsuits while swimming

Life is about to radically change for Ron and Debi MacKenzie, who run leisure cruises on Loch Ness, after they put their business up for sale.