Sea monsters

The most dramatic sightings of a sea monster in the UK have been off the coast of Cornwall. The monster (known as Morgawr) was first sighted in September, 1975. It was described as a massive creature with a humped back, a long, bristled neck, and a head topped with stumpy horns. The two people who witnessed the beast said that it disappeared beneath the surface of the water, only to resurface with a live conger eel in its mouth.

Just a few of further sightings within the UK are listed below:

In Wales:

• A sea monster was seen on Barmouth Beach, Gwynedd in 1975. It was approximately 10 feet long with a long tail and neck. A 30-40 feet long beast was spotted at New Quay, Dyfed disturbing a colony of seals.

In Scotland:

• A 30 feet long beast with a camel's head, a giraffe's neck and a tail covered with long hair was seen by fishermen in the Firth of Clyde (1953).
• A 30-40 foot monster was seen on the beach at Helensburgh, Strathclyde in 1962.
• In 1964 on the Isle of Jura, a 25 foot monster was seen swimming south.
• In the Linnhe sea-loch a long-necked monster was seen in the 1940s and a three-humped creature was spotted in 1954.
• There have been at least 3 sightings of sea-monsters off the Isle of Skye.
• In the Orkneys a sea monster with a 6-7 foot neck was seen in 1919.
• A monster was seen by the side of the road near Perth in 1965.

In England:

• A coastguard had a close encounter with a sea monster at Filey Brig, North Yorkshire. The beast was only 6 yards away, its huge 8 feet high neck rearing up above him from its 30 feet long body.
• A similar beast was encountered on a beach in Herm, Channel Islands in 1923.
• In 1966 a creature with a head like a serpent and six or seven humps was spotted close to the shore at Chapel St Leonard's, Lincolnshire.
• There have been at least 4 similar sightings off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast.

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