Comments on: Windermere Lake-Monster Sighting

By: JoeLiberty

JoeLiberty — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:29:57 +0000

It’s just a large catfish.

By: c hawkins

c hawkins — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:17:22 +0000

i have just obtained video footage of a similar looking creature form the lakes! I’m taking it for analysis next week, so will try and keep u all posted

By: Betty Wright

Betty Wright — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:06:52 +0000

This sighting was brought to our attention by friends staying in the area when it was first reported.

Why? Because last year my husband and I - and other passengers - had the same kind of sighting from about 30ft away whilst on the ferry crossing Ullswater.

Huge grey eel like creature, humps breaking the water as it swims. two humps visible at the same time.

We had told our friends about it and they recognised the chilling similarities.

Given my response would have been the same as Daniel and Daves unless I’d seen it with my own eyes, we’ve onlymentioned it to close friends.

By: Dave Churchill

Dave Churchill — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:44:23 +0000

Daniel, you could be on to something - although most of the sightings seem to have been by people visiting the area…!

By: daniel bakey

daniel bakey — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:58:46 +0000

Windermere monster? My arse, could it be that trade in Windermere is a bit slow due to the rubbish summer?

By: Rum Customer

Rum Customer — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:22:12 +0000

i have seen it !!!!
as a local rafter
i have been rafting in these parts now
for over 22.3 years
it is no catfish
as i am an avid angler and i should know
it has two mouths
i know where it lives
call me

By: Europe A La Carte Blog » Blog Archive » Does the Loch Ness monster have a cousin in Lake Windermere?

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:08:01 +0000

[...] There are been another recent sighting of Lake Windermere monster. The monster was also spotted last Summer. [...]

By: sue lee

sue lee — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:43:01 +0000

My goodness what a mouth the fish has, ive never seen a fish that big, the guy who caught it must have been surprised

By: Dave Churchill

Dave Churchill — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 16:26:42 +0000

500cm has more zeros than 5 meters, so I guess it makes it look bigger and sound more impressive?

The Monster of Martin Mere is an interesting case, Richard Freeman from the CFZ said he saw the Monster “close-up” and concluded it was a catfish.

By: P Terry Hunt

P Terry Hunt — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:42:40 +0000

“Can grow to about 500cm.” An evident misprint for 5 metres, as “the largest authenticated wels, taken from the river Dnieper in the Ukraine in the southern U.S.S.R., measured over 16 ft (5 m) in length and weighed 675 lb (306 kg).” (Sir Christopher Lever in ‘Naturalised Animals of the British Isles’, quoted in the Centre for Fortean Zoology’s report on the ‘Monster of Martin Mere’ (2002).)

Steve Birnip’s estimate is therefore physically possible, but I question whether any wels in the UK could have grown this big since their 19th-century introduction by the then Duke of Bedford (I think). The British rod-caught record is 62lb 0oz (28.123kg), caught by R. Garner in Withy Pool, Henlow, Bedfordshire in 1997. The record Dnieper specimen was of course netted!