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| A statue of Issie located in the shore of Lake Ikeda, Kyushu Japan |
Pictured above is a little
known creature called Issie. This sea serpent is named after the famous Loch
Ness monster, nick named Nessie, found in Loch Ness in Scotland. Issie, on the
other hand is found in a caldera lake (a lake fed by rain water that develops in
the crater of an extinct volcano)named Lake
Ikeda located in Kyushu, Japan. This creature is estimated to be 30 meter
long with two humps on its back measuring 5 meters, or 16 feet high. There is no
agreement on the origination of Issie but a popular mythological story says
Issie was a mare who lived happily on the shore of the lake with her foal. When
her foal was kidnapped by a samurai, Issie went crazy looking for her. In her
despair she jumped into the lake and transformed into a sea serpent and lived
there ever since. She occasionally surfaces from the depths in the incessant
search for her lost foal.
For 30 Meter length, read 30 feet (Total) length, which would be typical. 16 feet of that is the estimated length of that or "Height", although the usual "Periscope" is more usually about 5 feet. The overall reported shape and dimensions are a good match for the more Plesiosaurian run of Loch Ness Monster reports, and a couple of other lakes in Japan have similar monster reports of a similar size and shape. Traditionally they seem to be called "River Dragons" and are more commoly reported in rivers than in lakes. They also appear to be temporary or miagratory in most plavces they are reported.
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