There be dragons–or at least, living legends: swimming around in Scotland's Loch Ness and, as reported this week, in Lake Kanasi in Xinjiang Province. This definitely proves a theory that the initial uh, foundation for the species is somewhere in the vicinity of the, mmm, Barents Sea, but migrated south during the Ice Age–just ahead of those pesky glaciers.
Just look: and unless you understand Chinese, you don't need your sound:
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Which is something indeed to think about, especially if you are contemplating a visit to Xinjiang and plan to take any boating excursions.
The last Loch Ness monster sighting turned out to be a partially-besieged parade float that drifted downriver on its way to Wales.
Not wishing to be left behind–and wanting a monster of its very own–an expedition of U.S. species-hunters last week took off to find the Big Foot, sometimes called “Sasquatch.” Unfortunately it took 35 years for North America to definitively prove that the last filmed sighting of the B.F. was a gigantopithecus advocate cavorting around in a gorilla suit.
I think it would be more in the spirit of competition to have a Lake Huron Monster. But I guess it's a little tougher to migrate from the Barents Sea to Ontario / Michigan, so we won't expect a sighting anytime soon.
Just kidding.
Have a nice weekend, everybody.