It is obviously a fake, but even a cursory look on YouTube finds half a dozen versions, all claiming that it is the largest turtle (sic) in the world, and that it was found at a named location in the Middle East.
Friday, April 16, 2010
CORINNA GOES GHOST HUNTING...
The other night the dog and I had a bachelor night in, which involved eating pizza and going to bed early to watch television (oh, what an exiting life we lead). However, while we were living it up, Corinna was out facing the forces of the unknown.
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LINDSAY SELBY: A little blog
Paddler is the name of the lake creature that supposedly inhabits Lake Pend Oreille in Idaho. The lake is said to be Idaho's deepest lake at almost 1200 feet and is 43 miles long and just over six miles wide at its widest point. The creature has been described as over 20 feet long and that it moves up and down in the water as it swims (undulates).
The first sighting was said to be in 1944; however, there were also rumours that the navy were testing submarines in the lake.
In the 1970s more stories appeared about a monster in the lake. In September 1977 a young girl was reportedly attacked by a strange creature near the Sandpoint City Beach. Journalists called the creature the 'Pend Oreille Paddler.'
In 1984 an expedition to the lake by a North Idaho College professor James R. McLeod concluded that the creature was most likely to be a giant sturgeon. While collecting testimonies McLeod noted that many people had reported seeing strange things on the lake; possibly submarines.
The US Navy admitted to using the deep end of the lake for submarine research, albeit many years later. The International Submarine Engineering group (ISE) of Canada also used the lake to test the Pisces I minisub in the 1960s. However, the story doesn’t end there:
On Memorial Day 1985 Julie Green and her friends set out for an afternoon on the lake in the mid-afternoon sun. The teacher from Coeur d'Alene reports that a large V-shaped wave crossed about 200 yards in front of her boat. "There was clearly something in the water ahead of us that was undulating, coming in and out of the water," she recalls. Green dropped her engine and gave chase, but the gunmetal-grey object, which rivalled the length of her 22-foot boat, soon outdistanced her.
So does the paddler really exist? There was speculation that it was a story put about by the navy to cover their activities. A sturgeon is of course a possibility but in such a deep lake could there be something else lurking? Maybe the navy should use a mini-sub to find out.
There is a book on the creature by James R. McLeod: Mysterious Lake Pend Oreille and its Monster.
The first sighting was said to be in 1944; however, there were also rumours that the navy were testing submarines in the lake.
In the 1970s more stories appeared about a monster in the lake. In September 1977 a young girl was reportedly attacked by a strange creature near the Sandpoint City Beach. Journalists called the creature the 'Pend Oreille Paddler.'
In 1984 an expedition to the lake by a North Idaho College professor James R. McLeod concluded that the creature was most likely to be a giant sturgeon. While collecting testimonies McLeod noted that many people had reported seeing strange things on the lake; possibly submarines.
The US Navy admitted to using the deep end of the lake for submarine research, albeit many years later. The International Submarine Engineering group (ISE) of Canada also used the lake to test the Pisces I minisub in the 1960s. However, the story doesn’t end there:
On Memorial Day 1985 Julie Green and her friends set out for an afternoon on the lake in the mid-afternoon sun. The teacher from Coeur d'Alene reports that a large V-shaped wave crossed about 200 yards in front of her boat. "There was clearly something in the water ahead of us that was undulating, coming in and out of the water," she recalls. Green dropped her engine and gave chase, but the gunmetal-grey object, which rivalled the length of her 22-foot boat, soon outdistanced her.
So does the paddler really exist? There was speculation that it was a story put about by the navy to cover their activities. A sturgeon is of course a possibility but in such a deep lake could there be something else lurking? Maybe the navy should use a mini-sub to find out.
There is a book on the creature by James R. McLeod: Mysterious Lake Pend Oreille and its Monster.
OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today
http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/
On this day in 1970 Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after the mission had to be curtailed due to a rupture in the oxygen tank while in space.
And now, the news:
After the girl's nostril leech: More nasty animals found in the body
Painting whale
Man To Attempt Poisonous Snake World Record
He hopes to snake into the record books….
On this day in 1970 Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after the mission had to be curtailed due to a rupture in the oxygen tank while in space.
And now, the news:
After the girl's nostril leech: More nasty animals found in the body
Painting whale
Man To Attempt Poisonous Snake World Record
He hopes to snake into the record books….