Mysterious Creatures : A Guide to Cryptozoology

Folkeminnelag, 1926), p. 249; Elizabeth Skjelsvik,
“Norwegian Lake and Sea Monsters,” Norveg 7
(1960): 29–48; Erik Knatterud, Sea Serpents in
Norwegian Lakes, March 2001, http://www.
mjoesormen.no.
Tinnsjøen, Telemark County. Erik Knatterud,
Sea Serpents in Norwegian Lakes, March 2001,
http://www.mjoesormen.no.
Torfinnsvatnet, near Voss, Hordaland County.
Animal with a dragon’s head, a large mouth, and
crocodile legs. Elizabeth Skjelsvik, “Norwegian
Lake and Sea Monsters,” Norveg 7 (1960): 29–48.
Tyrifjorden, Buskerud County. A 6- to 25-footlong
animal is said to appear before dangerous
times. Elizabeth Skjelsvik, “Norwegian Lake and
Sea Monsters,” Norveg 7 (1960): 29–48.
Vangsmjøsa, Oppland County. About 1910, a
large serpent with five or six humps and a head
that swayed from side to side was seen. Elizabeth
Skjelsvik, “Norwegian Lake and Sea Monsters,”
Norveg 7 (1960): 29–48; Erik Knatterud, Sea Serpents
in Norwegian Lakes, March 2001, http://
www.mjoesormen.no.
Vangsvatnet, near Bruvik, Hordaland County.
A serpent blocked the outlet and dammed the lake
until people distracted it with gleaming brass. Erik
Knatterud, Sea Serpents in Norwegian Lakes,
March 2001, http://www.mjoesormen.no.
Varejell, Møre og Romsdal County. Traditional
haunt of a LINDORM. Olav Rekdal, Eventyr og segner:
Folkeminne fra Romsdal (Oslo: Norsk
Folkeminnelag, 1933), p. 129.
Poland
Jezioro Zegrzynskie. In 1982, bathers saw a 20foot
animal with a black head and rabbitlike ears.
Ulrich Magin, “A Brief Survey of Lake Monsters
of Continental Europe,” Fortean Times, no. 46
(Spring 1986): 52–59.
Sierniki, stream near. Legend of a goat-headed
snake. Otto Knoop, Sagen der provinz Posen
(Berlin: H. Eichblatt, 1913).
Russia
(See also Siberia, in Asia)
Lake Brosno, Tver’ region. See BROSNIE.
Velikaya River, Pskov region. See PSKOV CROC-
ODILE.
Spain
Lago de Bañolas, Catalonia. A DRAGON-like
monster with scales and wings persisted here until
the eighth century, when Charlemagne himself is
said to have tried to subdue it. John Kirk, In the
Domain of Lake Monsters (Toronto, Canada: Key
Porter Books, 1998), pp. 247–250; The Banyoles
Lake Monster, http://www.ddgi.es/plaestany/text/
alegdrac.htm.
Sweden
Åmänningen, Västmanland County. A lake
monster was seen here often in the 1830s; last observed
in 1940. GUST Zoology, accessed in 2000,
http://www.bahnhof.se/~wizard/cryptoworld/inde
x33.htm.
Asnen, Kronoberg County. See LINDORM.
Bullaresjön (Norra), Västra Götaland County.
An animal the size of a calf, with a 12-foot head
and neck, was first seen in 1810. Elizabeth
Skjelsvik, “Norwegian Lake and Sea Monsters,”
Norveg 7 (1960): 29–48; Peter Costello, In Search
of Lake Monsters (New York: Coward, McCann
and Geoghegan, 1974), p. 195; GUST Zoology,
accessed in 2000, http://www.bahnhof.se/
~wizard/cryptoworld/index33.htm.
Fegen, Jönköping County. At least twenty
people saw a black, 12-foot animal in the lake during
the summer of 1969. GUST Zoology, accessed
in 2000, http://www.bahnhof.se/~wizard/
cryptoworld/index33.htm.
Gryttjen, Gävleborg County. See GRYTTIE.
Helgasjön, Kronoberg County. See LINDORM.
Illern, Kalmar County. A black, serpentine animal
has been seen.
Lickasjön, near Motala, Östergötland County.
Ingvar Hansson and his family saw an 11-foot,
grayish animal in the lake in the summer of 1966.
GUST Zoology, accessed in 2000, http://www.
bahnhof.se/~wizard/cryptoworld/index33.htm.
Lilla Kallsjön, Jämtland County. In 1863, Sven
Anderson was fishing when he saw an animal like
an enormous bull that churned the water and
made a loud noise. Janet and Colin Bord, Alien
Animals (Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole, 1981), p. 13.
Lilla Värtan, Stockholm County. M. O. Smith
saw an 80-foot serpent with ten humps in 1913.
Enciclopedia universal ilustrada europeo-americana
(Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, 1930), vol. 55, p. 561.
Mälaren, Stockholm County. See NYCKER.
Malgomaj, Västerbotten County. A humped animal,
80–90 feet long, was seen in 1917 by Jonas
Lundberg. GUST Zoology, accessed in 2000,
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