Scotland, the land of myths about monsters

In addition to the famous Nessie monster in Lake Ness - often called Loch Ness monster - Scotland, there are many stories about monsters appearing in lakes like Lochy, Arkaig, Oich, Linnhe, Quoich and Shiel. Some described monsters look like dragons or fishmen; while others are like real but unidentified creatures as well as even extinct dinosaurs.

Mermaid or messenger of death?

Morag is a mysterious creature believed to live on the bottom of Lake Morar - located about 100 km from Loch Ness - in Lochaber in the Scottish highlands. Alexander Carmichael is an active person collecting stories about Morag from the local people living near the lake. The documents that Carmichael had collected for more than 50 years were revealed in a project called Carmichael Watson of the University of Edinburgh Library.

On the one hand, Morag is described as a fishman - or a "mermaid" - with glamorous long hair; on the other hand, it is considered a messenger of death and a premonition for those who see it.

Carmichael also noted in the first text: 'Morag is always seen by someone before drowning .' The second text reads: "Morag is a special creature at Lake Morar. Many people see Morag in broad daylight. It floated on the surface of the lake and moved like a ship with water. Nobody likes Morag and calls it bad names. "

In another text: "Morag is like a river goddess, with a half-body and half-fish body. The lower part is like salmon, while the upper part looks like a woman with full breasts and loose blonde hair." Carmichael did not claim to see Morag and his main source of information gathered from a local named Ewan MacDougall.

Carmichael's first text was discovered by Dr. Donald Stewart, a researcher in the Carmichael Watson project. Morag is also described as a hump on his back. This creature was probably first seen in 1887 and in 1948, nine people on a boat claimed to encounter a monster about 6 meters long at Lake Morar.

Lake Morar is the deepest water in the British Isles. (Photo: londranews.com)

In August 1969, two people named Duncan McDonnell and Bill Simpson said that when they went to Lake Morar to fish, they suddenly saw a monster - described as 7-8m long, with thick brown skin with 3 The black hump on his back and head resembles a snake - crashing into their motorboat, then it disappears quickly because of being hit by a paddle and the other starts shooting. Morar Lake is the deepest freshwater area - with a maximum depth of 310m - in the British Isles Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean.

To the south of Lake Ness is the smaller Oich (Loch Oich) lake, where a snake-like monster with a horse-like mane, humps, black skin and neck resembles a snake. Oich monsters are probably seen in the nineteenth century. In 1961, there were stories of some pranksters dropping an artificial creature into the lake and taking pictures to earn money from the curiosity of visitors. This administration has led many people to doubt the existence of monsters.

Some researchers combine Oich monsters with the reported myths of 'sea horses' living in the British Isles for centuries. Some believe that the giant freshwater eel is exaggerated by the locals into Oich monsters!

The creature like a fishman is said to live on the bottom of Lake Morar. (Photo: flippinyourfins.tumblr.com)

Since no scientific research on this organism has been carried out, people are embroidering: It is described as a long-necked lizard (plesiosaur) when it is described. Sometimes it is described as a sea horse or a horse's head! Also in Lake Lomond there are monsters like a giant crocodile.

Illusory idea

In the folklore of many countries around the world, the lake monsters have a very long history, with many waters supposedly inhabited by strange supernatural creatures that exist thanks to . imagination very rich statue of people. Typical is the terrible sea horse - the most dangerous creature believed to live in the Scottish highlands.

According to legend, this bizarre creature has the ability to change its form which is usually a horse form. He dragged the man to the bottom of the lake to eat meat and only left the liver. In Wales, underwater creatures are often shaped like dragons, often visiting rivers or lakes. Legend has it that there was one like that in the depths of the Conway River in Northern Wales. Another example is the Nwyvre (water dragon) in Llyn Cynwch killed by a local shepherd.

Theoretically, the bizarre big creatures in folk legends are hard to survive on the bottom of the lake because they don't have enough food to survive. Other theories suggest that it is possible for people to confuse monsters with fish or mammals - such as giant catfish, or eels (eels) and giant sturgeon.

Giant crocodile species are seen in Lake Lomond. (Photo: travel.aol.co.uk)

This theory was recognized when in 1987 one discovered sturgeon longer than 1m and weighed nearly 50kg in Lake Washington (USA). In addition, the extinct creature creature along with the surviving dinosaurs such as the finfish was discovered recently in the waters of Africa.

Other theories about lake monsters suggest that local people can see vague figures that imagine animals. In this respect, it is possible that geophysical conditions have affected the human mind - for example, in places where there are milling marks (fault lines on the surface of the earth).

As if Lake Ness was on Great Glen milling and milling this stretched across other lakes in Scotland such as Lochy, Linnhe and Oich - all of these places have legends of similar monsters. The many mysterious lakes in Scotland really attract the curiosity of visitors.

Richard Freeman, a scientist at the Fortean Zoological Center in Devonshire, twice visited Lake Ness and Morar after hearing about the discovery of monsters. He also said that the idea of ​​prehistoric reptiles that survived in the lake areas was very unreasonable and it was possible that the locals mistook the big fish or eels.

According to Freeman, two Canadian tourists saw an eel up to 7.6m long floating in Lake Ness in February 2004. At first they thought the animal was dead but when it got close, it quickly disappeared