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    The Loch Ness Monster of Alaska?

    Move over, Montauk Monster. Step aside, Nessie. There's a new sea creature in town--maybe. Footage of a 20- to 30-foot long creature caught on tape by fishermen suggest we have an Alaska bonafide marine-creature mystery.

    The black and white footage from 2009 is by no means definitive. It is taken on a rainy day with a shaky camera, which make it all the more confounding. But you can check out the testimony of people who say they witnessed the creature's appearance in the video above.

    The Alaska-dwelling creature has been labeled a "Cadborosaurus willsi," which means "reptile" or "lizard" from Cadboro Bay, British Columbia, where it was originally spotted centuries ago. Called "Caddy" for short, it has a "long neck, a horse-like head, large eyes, and back bumps that stick out of the water," according to a report on MSNBC.

    Though the tape captures the most recent sighting, tales of beholding the creature in the North Pacific have circulated for 200 years. In 1937, scientists thought they might have uncovered physical evidence when what was thought to be a sea serpent was found inside the stomach of a whale. Still, the creature is classified as part of Cryptozoology, i.e., a creature not formally recognized by the scientific community.

    One true believer today is  Andy Hillstrand, a veteran of the reality-TV show "Deadliest Catch," who tracks the creature in his new show, "Hillstranded." The seaman reports that he saw "a big, long white thing moving in the water. We chased it for about 20 minutes. Spray came out of its head. It was definitely not a shark…I've never seen anything like it before."

     

    4,723 comments

    • Clovis Clodoveo  •  6 mths ago
      Clovis Clodoveo. Buenoi a la verdad es que, este monstruo lochness, no es
      mas que una anguila muy fuera de lo comun.
    • Hank  •  7 mths ago
      Tell Patrick and Sponge bob to watch out
    • TimothyS  •  7 mths ago
      "I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large, out-of-focus monster roaming the countryside. Run, he's fuzzy, get out of here." RIP Mitch
    • JesusChrist  •  7 mths ago
      The real mystery is why do sea monsters only reveal themselves to people with camcorders from 1980.
    • Optimus1  •  7 mths ago
      Oh come on ... I've seen more mysterious creatures roaming the Walmart aisles.
    • Wilddog  •  7 mths ago
      "long neck, a horse-like head, large eyes, and back bumps that stick out ...."
      Gentlemen, You have discovered my mother-in-law.
    • Joshua  •  7 mths ago
      Why are all videos of "Monsters" so shaky and poor in quality that you can't even see the subject....why hasn't anyone with a good camera or sure hands ever seen one of these monsters?
    • BilgeRat  •  7 mths ago
      Figures! Funny comments from people whom have never spent time out on the open ocean away from the regular shipping lanes. I dont mean a little skinny dipping on the coast and then some hot dogs at night. Unless you been out there and stayed quiet enough to see The Creator's biggest works, consider yourself unfamiliar with the planet you were born on. Please take the time and be amazed. You will learn something about your home and yourself.
    • Certain Davis  •  7 mths ago
      It's a speciaes known as REGELICUS GLESNE or the RIBBON FISH which grows up to 30 to 50 feet in length and is a favorite of sharks as they can (like a reptiles tail) be eaten away by as much as 20 feet and still swim away to reow. They used to be spotted by whalers in the Northern Atlantic but were also seen in and around the Polynesian Islands. They were thought to be strictly deep water creatures but something drives them to the surface from time to time. The "blow" that they showed is actually the ribbons that stand and or fan out on their heads and only one or two have ever been seen up close and all samples were dead and had washed up on beaches.
    • AG  •  7 mths ago
      Can somebody please take a picture of Loch Ness using an HD camera! It's the 21st
      Century... this blurry photo crap doesn't cut it anymore.
    • Concerned  •  7 mths ago
      It's probably some type of whale...???.....I certainly hope they don't kill it!.......it's nice to have some mysteries unsolved....something to look forward to spotting every now & then.....kinda like Loch Ness & Bigfoot...lol
    • Dave  •  7 mths ago
      Who now a days has a camera that is in Black & White or would change their settings to B&W for video anyway?
    • MissSubliminality  •  7 mths ago
      Yahoo really needs to add a "report stupidity" button.
    • Donovan M  •  7 mths ago
      "The seaman reports that he saw "a big, long white thing moving in the water. We chased it for about 20 minutes. Spray came out of its head..."

      ...sounds more like a Beluga.
    • DaryanT  •  7 mths ago
      Who the hell has a black and white camera in 2009!?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  7 mths ago
      It's amazing that the $100K stabilized cameras that they use on "Deadliest Catch" suddenly go out of focus and get all shaky when a "sea-serpent" shows up.
    • Sgt Rok  •  7 mths ago
      Holy crap! A whale in Alaska!!!
    • Calvin D  •  7 mths ago
      why is it whenever there's "videos" of these "monsters," it's always grainy, black/white, and shaky?
    • lawrence  •  7 mths ago
      This is the digital age, your trying to tell me whoever shot this was using a camera from 30 years ago?
    • DB1  •  7 mths ago
      I thought we had color cameras in 2009.

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