The Holmes family believe they came face to face with the legendary Serpent of the Sea. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World
We were going along and all of a sudden we heard a disturbance in the water and we saw this mound come up out of the water. Well you’ve seen these motorway tractor units with their very large tyres ... Well if you can imagine one of those being released from out the water and then shooting up under its own propulsion. Bramwell Holmes, televised interview
We could see that it had two shallow humps three or four feet long. And then it had a small head. It had a thin neck and a small head which was dipping in the water and looking around. It was like some sort of prehistoric monster that you see. A huge size. Absolutely huge. Incredible. Andy Holmes, televised interview
I guess it looked pretty much like a long snake-like thing with fins on it. And at first sight of it I saw a head about a foot and a half long, about eight, nine inches wide. And it had large cat-like eyes. John Andrews, Vancouver, Canada, televised interview
We noticed something big caught in the nets. It was a red fleshy object which smelt very strongly. We didn’t know what it was. Captain Akira Tanaka
We’ve seen whales and we’ve seen dolphins and all that sort of thing, but this was nothing like that at all. This was a like a prehistoric monster. John Cox, televised interview
This animal showed no signs of rotting; it was absolutely complete, unmarked. The monster measured approximately twenty-eight feet from the tip of the nose to the end of the tail; the body as it lay on the ground was approximately five to six feet deep ... The animal had teeth. Charles Rankin, Gourock, River Clyde Scotland, borough surveyor who ordered destruction and burial of Beast during war-time
There’s been sightings around these shores for hundreds of years. And a lot in this century, particularly in the first decade of the century when the early steam ships were around. Sheila Bird, author Tales of Old Cornwall
There was this gigantic sea creature with a small head, a long neck, and an enormous hump. Sheila Bird, sighting with brother
A small head that rose up on a long neck and then one hump behind it, two humps, third hump came up ... People accused me of inventing it. Except that a lot of other people were seeing it as well. Tony Doc Shields, Parsons Beach Cornwall
In 1876 the West Briton newspaper reported that fishermen from Falmouth had found a huge sea snake curled around their lobster pots but had thrown it back into the sea ... Witnesses continue to come forward. Strange But True? s3e2, ITV 1996
Take a look at this photo shot at Lake Champlain in 1977. The creature now known as Champ remains elusive. The photo has been declared genuine by some experts, and to date no scientist has ever discredited it. The World’s Greatest Hoaxes
What you are now seeing could be the most provocative video tape ever shot of a similar creature. It was recorded in California this year [1998]. The large scaly snake-like animal was captured by two amateur photographers: one on shore and the other on a boat ... It’s our hoax: designed to show you how easy it is to create your own sea-serpent video. ibid.
Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? Or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Job 41:1
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. Psalms 74:13&14
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. Isaiah 27:1
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. Lamentations 4:3
In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. Ezekiel 27:34
The sea hates a coward! Eugene O’Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra, play 1931
Unidentified Floating Objects that have been appearing across Europe for the past several years. The Proof is Out There s3e3, History 2023
Tjipetir: A rubbery block … Nearly one hundred of these block have popped up across Europe. ibid.