Posted on 08/31/2004 11:34:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
Seljord serpent filmed? Swedish monster hunter Jan-Ove Sundberg believes he may have crowned several years of searching for Norway's legendary serpent in Lake Seljord by catching the beast on film, newspaper Varden reports. Sundberg is studying a 20-second clip before releasing it publicly.
Jan-Ove Sundberg testing a specially designed six-meter long trap used in search of Selma in 2000.
PHOTO: AUDUN HASVIK/SCANPIX
The Swede got the exciting footage on the final day of this year's expedition to the lake in Telemark. At first, Sundberg thought he saw a buoy in the water but was surprised when he focused more closely on the object.
"I have either filmed a gnarled head or the upper part of a hump complete with serrations," Sundberg told newspaper Varden.
"The others didn't get a chance to see what I saw because suddenly it was gone. So it couldn't have been a buoy. Ducks can dive but they come back up. This didn't, so I don't understand what it could have been except for the sea serpent," Sundberg said.
Sundberg has interviewed locals to get an impression of what they believe the lake serpent, affectionately known as "Selma", is supposed to look like. Sundberg films rocks, branches and other objects in the water in order to identify possible misidentifications.
The expedition leader said he saw something 30-40 centimeters long, black with a possible tinge of red and white. Sundberg made a similar sighting four years ago and chose not to publish the film due to poor quality. Now the two recordings will be compared.
Sundberg is already planning his return trip to Seljord next summer. The Swede's projects regularly attract attention, and often controversy.
Maybe Nessie vacations there...
Idiots, it left Norway a long time ago. In fact, CNN hired it to do Crossfire years ago. Silly norsemen.
"I wonder what it tastes like??"
Tastes like chicken!
Couldn't resist...
Or I'm thinking...
OK, one of the MANY problems I had with the whole Ness monster was that a single monster made no sense with what we know about biology. Sure, in the days when people believed wheat spontaneously generated mice, a single monster made sense, but such monsters have to mate and procreate.
If there were a few monsters, it'd make a little sense. Cold-blooded, and enormous, they probably would have lifespans of hundreds of years. Nessie and this Swedish one might be the last few survivors of what had been, up until a few thousand years ago, a small, stable population of Mesozoic sea-reptiles that inhabited the locks of ice-age-era Europe and Asia, maybe even populating much of the mediterranean.
Naaahhhhhh, it's just some kooks who've been drinking too much vodka.
Hold on, 30 or 40 cm??? Aw,hell, that's just some 6th-grader's science project, escaped from a terrarium!
In Santa Cruz history the sea monster was called Bobo.
Is it similar to Jormungander the Midgard serpent whos body is wrapped around the earth?
ragnarok is upon us!!
Never fear mighty thor and his trusted hammer mjolner will kill the dastardly villainous serpent. Of course according to nordic myth he will die in that battle but oh well.
No, it's more like Helga the Lovesick Valkyrie whose legs are wrapped around .......welll, nevermind......
Don't tell me - Bergren & Cecil?
A Bob Clampett cartoooooo-ooon!
"I have either filmed a gnarled head or the upper part of a hump complete with serrations,"
Or it might be a bit of moss or the roof of a submerged car. Or a rock. But probably a sea monster.
"Bobo" is interesting folklore. It was seen a lot in Monterrey Bay in the heyday of the sardine canning on Cannery Row. There were a lot of Italian and Portuguse fisherman in the bay at that time. Note that Bobo means clown in Italian and (I think) Protugese also. The name suggests a joke or hoax. Bored fishermen???
Yup. Bored fishermen with a case of Chianti.
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