Mysterious Creatures : A Guide to Cryptozoology

sembling an overturned boat was seen here on July
23, 1943. GUST Zoology, accessed in 2000,
http://www.bahnhof.se/~wizard/cryptoworld/inde
x33.htm.
Tingstäde Träsk, Gotland County. Henry Bendegard
observed a 6-foot animal with a roundish head
in July 1976. GUST Zoology, accessed in 2000,
http://www.bahnhof.se/~wizard/cryptoworld/
index33.htm.
Torneträsk, Norrbotten County. Anton Stockel
saw a black, 60-foot animal in July 1981. Norlandska
Socialdemokraten, July 21, 1981; GUST
Zoology, accessed in 2000, http://www.bahnhof.
se/~wizard/cryptoworld/index33.htm.
Västjuten, Östergötland County. A “dragon” was
seen in 1899. GUST Zoology, accessed in 2000,
http://www.bahnhof.se/~wizard/cryptoworld/
index33.htm.
Vättern, Västra Götaland County. A tourist
took an ambiguous photo off Hjo in August 1975.
GUST Zoology, accessed in 2000, http://www.
bahnhof.se/~wizard/cryptoworld/index33.htm.
Vojmsjon, Västerbotten County. John Kirk, In
the Domain of Lake Monsters (Toronto, Canada:
Key Porter Books, 1998).
Switzerland
Doubs River, Canton Jura. A long-necked animal
with a blue back and yellow stomach was seen
in 1934. It moved by undulating. See also
VOUIVRE. New York Herald Tribune, June 20,
1934.
Lake Geneva, Canton Vaud. Ulrich Magin, “A
Brief Survey of Lake Monsters of Continental Europe,”
Fortean Times, no. 46 (Spring 1986):
52–59.
Reuss River, Canton Luzern. In 1468, a DRAGON
emerged from the Vierwaldstätter See and swam
into the River Reuss. Other appearances took place
in 1480 and 1566. Renward Cysat, Collectanea
chronica und denkwürdige Sachen pro chronica
Luchernensi et Helvetiae [1614] (Lucerne, Switzerland:
Diebold Schilling Verlag, 1961–1972); Johann
Jakob Scheuchzer, Helvetica (Leiden, the
Netherlands: Petri Vander Aa, 1723); Alois Lütolf,
Sagen, Bräuche, Legenden aus den fünf Orten Luzern,
Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden und Zug (Lucerne,
Switzerland: J. Schiffmann, 1862); Theodor von
Liebenau, Das alte Luzern topographisch-kulturgeschichtlich
Geschildert (Lucerne, Switzerland:
C. F. Prell, 1881).
Rotsee, Canton Luzern. In 1599, a serpent
emerged from the lake and provoked a panic; an
animal that looked like a wooden beam also lived
there. Renward Cysat, Collectanea chronica und
denkwürdige Sachen pro chronica Luchernensi et
Helvetiae [1614] (Lucerne, Switzerland: Diebold
Schilling Verlag, 1961–1972); Johann Leopold
Cysat, Beschreibung dess berühmbten Lucerner- oder
4.Waldstätten Sees (Lucerne, Switzerland: David
Hautten, 1661).
Schwarzsee. A WATER HORSE or sea-bull.
Werner Manz, “Volksglaube und Sage aus dem
Sarganserland,” Schweizerisches archiv für Volkskunde
25 (1925): 229–238.
Selisbergsee, Canton Uri. See ELBST.
Urnersee, Canton Schwyz. A crowd of sixty
people watched a long-necked monster, 20–25
feet long, on August 25, 1976. It surfaced three
times near Brunnen, bellowing like a cow. However,
it was soon revealed as a hoax by a Swiss television
show that had launched a 60-foot-long
model. Die Welt, September 16, 1976; Ulrich
Magin, “A Brief Survey of Lake Monsters of Continental
Europe,” Fortean Times, no. 46 (Spring
1986): 52–59.
Walensee, Canton Sankt Gallen. A fish “as long
as tree trunks.” Werner Manz, “Volksglaube und
Sage aus dem Sarganserland,” Schweizerisches
archiv für Volkskunde 25 (1925): 229–238.
Zugersee, Canton Zug. A fish the size of a large
boat was seen in 1509. Johann Leopold Cysat,
Beschreibung dess berühmbten Lucerner- oder
4.Waldstätten Sees (Lucerne, Switzerland: David
Hautten, 1661).
United Kingdom
England
Bomere Pool, Shropshire. Legend of a “monster
fish” with a sword that it uses to cut its way
through nets. Charlotte Sophia Burne, Shropshire
Folk-Lore: A Sheaf of Gleanings (London: Trübner,
1883), pp. 79–81.
Haslar Lake, Gosport, Hampshire. A 12-foot
eel was reported in September 1987. The Sun,
September 15, 1997.
Martin Mere, Lancashire. Something the size of
a small car is said to eat the swans that live here.
Liverpool Echo, February 14, 2002.
Norton Mere, Shropshire. Three people saw a
huge wake in May 1973; a systematic search failed
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