Saturday, March 08, 2014

LINK: Our very own Loch Ness Monster on the River Shannon

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The creature had a large fish gripped firmly in its huge jaws.Photo by: Irish Voice Newspaper
So what happened was that I was girding my ancient loins to head over to Scotland and the regions near Lough Ness of the dreaded monster, and dammit if such a similar situation developed in our townland that I was almost afraid to leave the poor Dutch Nation on her own.

And that’s the honest truth, and I’ve forwarded the evidence to our own Debbie and Caty as proof beyond reasonable doubt as you'll see from the photo at the bottom of this page.

Like yourselves over there we have had bad weather. Ours was not on the same scale as yours but we did have a lot of rain.

The land is saturated and the tidal estuary of the Shannon and Fergus spilled over into the loughs which dot the flatlands. And one of those loughs, thankfully not too near us to cause concern, is the normally beautiful and serene Cleenagh Lough behind the home of our good neighbors Jimmy and Joanne White across the road.

And what happened next a few afternoons ago is that artist Joanne was in one of the sheds at the rear of their garden running down to the lough when she glanced out the window and was instantly riveted to the pot.
Read more: http://www.irishcentral.com/news/irishvoice/Our-very-own-Loch-Ness-Monster-on-the-River-Shannon.html#ixzz2vNVCFG8C 

1 comment:

  1. Just looks like a big "standard" eurasian otter. Too bad she didn't take other shots...

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