
Somewhat less famous than its neighbor in Loch Ness, the Loch Oich Monster is known from the Great Glen of Scotland and Inverness-shire.
It was notably spotted on August 13, 1936 by Alderman Richards and his companions while out boating on Loch Oich near Laggan. They described the monster as a strange creature with two humps, like a snake’s coils, each three feet in height, three feet long, and three feet apart. The head was shaggy and like that of a dog. The entire body was black in color.
References
Fleming, M. (2002) Not of this World: Creatures of the Supernatural in Scotland. Mercat Press, Edinburgh.
MacGregor, A. A. (1937) The Peat-Fire Flame: Folk-tales and Traditions of the Highlands and Islands. The Moray Press, Edinburgh.
Well, they have a lot of lake monsters out there.
Have You ever heard of Zegrze monster? This is a lake in Poland near Warsaw. They say that at night people have seen a snake, but not tha giantic that had a rabbit-like ears and is not dangerous. It is not well known one.
Maybe You could write sth about Wawel’s dragon and Proteus anguinus? Thaat second is known in Slovenia and Choatia and was believed to be a baby dragon.
Tahnks for Your good work!
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And maybe sth about sylphs, goryncz and tatzelwurm, sea bishop.
And about one from zegrze: was 6 meters long and had black head, was spottek in 1980sth, as i remember.
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Rabbit ears???
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And of course it was never seen again (I assume).
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Everyone’s too busy looking for Nessie to look for Oichie ;_;
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Aww. Oichie’s a bit more interesting… for me.
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Pupper monster 🐶
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I’d really love to see some more well – known creatures making appearances on here. Your art style and interpretations of them are really cool
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This one is interesting, knowing there is more then one “Loch” that’s actually cool.
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Practically ever good-sized lake has one (a monster, that is). That’s why they’re cultural and not biological entities.
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He looks friendleeeee! I wish I had a Loch with a monster in it. The world would be a better, more Scottish place with more lochs in it.
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Love the art, looks like he would enjoy fetching some sticks from the water. Glad you are back.
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Nessie confirmed for future entry?
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Unfortunately. I was hoping to just make one Lake Monster entry but it’s too late now
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Far too late
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My die has been cast :(((((
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Ogopogo/n’ha-a-itk plz
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Dog
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Pupper
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A good boi. Why look for a giant lizard when you could be searching for a fuzzy doggo instead?
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Maybe this is a dog that will actually play fetch with me lol. My weird chihuahua mix only has the first half down.
“Get the ball! Now bring it back… I said ‘bring it back.'”
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