Kanas Lake Monster Filmed?

(Daily Star)


A new video from China has some thinking a cousin of Nessie has been spotted. Several sites have reported on the sighting of something in Kanas Lake. The Daily Star reports:

EERIE footage of a huge shadow moving through an infamous lake has sparked fears a monster has been found.
The video shows a dark object slowly making its way across Kanas Lake, in north-west China.
A ripple of waves surround the object as it cuts through the water, without breaking the surface.
The sightings have sparked claims the creature is the 'Kanas Lake Monster' - which is often labelled the Chinese equivalent of Scotland's mythical Loch Ness monster.
"Really! There it [Kanas Lake monster] is! There it is," a woman can be heard shouting in the clip, which was taken on May 15.
The monster was first 'spotted' in 1980 and the lake has since become a huge tourist attraction with people desperate to see the beast.
A worker in 2012 also captured footage showing huge waves emerging on the surface of the lake.
"I compared it to the size of a speedboat and a wild duck, the size of the mysterious object should be between the two," Wang Hongqiao told China Central Television.
But not everyone believes the rumours.
Yuan Guoying, a local environmental expert, believes the Kanas monster is actually a group of Siberian giant trouts.

Siberian giant trout Hucho taimen
(Ojensen, wikipedia)

"Given the habit of the waves, there is only one kind of fish that could live in the lake and that's Siberian giant trouts," he said.
"What actually happened under the water is that the Siberian giant trouts want to hunt for small fish and the small fish swim close to the water surface to avoid the trouts," he added.
It only looks like a wave to me…

-Tyler Houck

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"Champ" Photographer Sandra Mansi Dies

Image
On March 31, 2018, Sandra Mansi, famous for photographing "Champ" at Lake Champlain in 1977, passed away after her battle with cancer. Mansi's photo has been promoted by many as the best piece of evidence for any lake monster… while I don't necessarily agree with that, this is very saddening, since Champ was one of the first three cryptids I heard about when I got interested in the subject… An obituary can be found on Loren Coleman's  CryptoZooNews . RIP Sandra. -Tyler Houck
Read more

"Monster Week" Cryptid Shows

Image
2018's Monster Week is kicking off on May 27th with the final episode of  Finding Bigfoot  on Animal Planet. Of course, it's not the only "monster" show on that week. Below is a list of some of the new shows premiering, most of which feature cryptid creatures. Finding Bigfoot - " The team of investigators returns for the 100th episode! In a two-hour 'Monster Week' special, the team travels to Willow Creek California to help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the most famous piece of Bigfoot footage, the Patterson Gimlin film. The discovery of a new copy of the film brings forth the biggest Bigfoot discovery in decades, showing the clearest image of the creature in 50 years. Immediately following is a one-hour special that features the 'Finding Bigfoot' investigators and crew as they share their own stories and experiences together which spans a decade." Premieres Sunday, May 27 at 8 o'clock. The Lost Kingdom of the Yeti - " From...
Read more

Book Review: Shadow Cats: The Black Panthers of North America

Image
At the end of January, Anomalist Books published a new title from cryptid investigator Michael Mayes, who runs the  Texas Cryptid Hunter  blog. The book is  Shadow Cats: The Black Panthers of North America,  and, as the title suggests, it is an examination of sightings of anomalous big cats in the United States, primarily focused on the American South and the author's home state of Texas. Mayes starts off his book by going over the anecdotal history of "black panthers" and the history of the term. He notes that, in the South, the term "panther" is always used to describe black cats, and differentiates from normal-colored pumas or jaguars. Several chapters are also devoted to historical and contemporary sightings and reports of large black cats in the American South. Chapters 6-10 examine the possible suspects. Mayes goes over the biology and diversity of several cat species that could possibly be misidentified by witnesses as black panthers. These cats i...
Read more