#loch ness mosnter

[topazadine]

who would read a Lake Erie Monster / Loch Ness Monster wlw romance fic

[i-m-snek]

Found the loch ness mosnter!! 😂

[stefaniaczech]

NEW Sighting of the Loch ness Mosnter #lochness #uknews #uk #news #lochnessmonster #caughtoncamera #encounters #scarystory #scary #horror #story #stories

[localwebslingers]

Kaiju absolutely did not belong next to Mothman. That was more than a little fair, they were in categories all their own. They might need more criteria on their ranking system because a lot more of those were scary. In several ways. Actually, compared to the rest of them Peter would probably put Mothra towards the bottom of that list. He just hoped he and Harry could get a day like this again sooner rather than later. Where there weren't really any responsibilities or expectations held for the day, other than the fact that Peter wouldn't sit on the couch correctly and at some point they would figure out what to eat.

Everything else would get figured out another day or had to wait, barring anything really bad. It was New York, there was always something happening and new rumors to worry about. Like Hunters becoming more active again and a few seeming to favor the city, putting everyone on guard. A few hours making dumb ranking lists and talking about hypotheticals with his best friend though? That was hard to pass up on, and Peter had to admit he'd been looking forward to getting to hang out with Harry all week.

He offered a slight shrug, "I mean Mothman could be into theater arts, we don't know. Maybe he has a theater troupe that he performs with that travels around and that's why he only seems to show up as a bad omen." Peter suggested, turning his head and grinning at Harry, "If he is, I'll get tickets to go see the show with you." which would easily be one of the most bizarre evenings he'd have had in a while, but it could be fun.

"..wait, hold on." a hand waved in the air slightly, "The Loch Ness Mosnter is scary to you? Really? I'd have put that just above Mothman at three, sheerly because it's supposedly big." Peter considered the idea and sure, one of the really popular theories out there was that, based on the eyewitness accounts, was that the creature was a plesiosaurus. Which sure, a dinosaur or dinosaur adjacent creature living in a loch in Scotland would be kinda intimidating, "It doesn't even have records of attacking people, does it? Or she...he? Is Nessie a boy or a girl?"

|| @inhcritance ||

"We definitely have to rank the Kaiju." Harry agreed, already expecting a movie night full of old Kaiju movies, as it should be. "Just not next to poor misunderstood Mothman."

And probably not anytime soon, because sometimes finding time to just meet and chat was far from easy: Oscorp demanded a lot of his time, now that he'd come back from his handful of years in Europe, and when Oscorp didn't, his duties as a Hunter did, because New York was full of creatures and full of crime, and it was Harry's responsibility to be there at the intersection of them both, where other humans would only find death. In fact, he knew he'd have to be out there when the sun set fully, given a handful of strange reports very close to the territory of a werewolf pack, but for now... for now he didn't want to think on it. He could just be Harry, right then, with one of the very few people he could be just Harry with, and he wanted to enjoy that chance.

So he pursed his lips, at Peter's choice of cryptid. One that he did not know if was actually real or not, given rumors and theories and... cryptids. He focused on the cryptids.

"Scarier than the Jackalope for sure." He settled for, arms loosely crossed. "And scarier than Mothman, unless Mothman had a secret talent for theatrics and there was a storm he could use for dramatic effect." He joked. "But the Jersey Devil can fly, so I think that'd make him like a four or a five in the scale of fear? Out of ten. I don't think it's that big either." He considered. "And it's not that scary next to something like the Loch Ness Monster."

@localwebslingers

[deepdreamnights]

Breaching the Surface

Things long since lost will be remembered, by and by.

Prompt: <https://s.mj.run/5a8AnI8lorA> <https://s.mj.run/ZnXsYUsxp7I> a closeup photograph of a sea monster's head breaching out of water, high speed photography, water foam and droplets in air, aggressive, threatening, hungry, elasmosaurus head, reptile, lost world, 8k, believable

[eggs-love-loki]

Holy shit I went crazy I just asked my dad if he’d get me a tattoo for Christmas he’s gonna disown me or something

[zenfulmockingbird]

I got Loch ness mosnter

[rachel-reviews]

The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith

While searching for driftwood down by the water, Kirstie and Angus find what looks to be a mermaid's purse. Only it's much too big. Careful to hide it from their mother, the two sneak the egg back to their house.The next day their grandfather finds the egg, hatched. The creature is unlike anything any of them have seen before.

But their grandfather believes he knows what it is: the legendary Loch Ness Monster.

One thing I noticed immediately is that The Water Horse does not read like a historical novel, despite being written over 60 years after the story is supposed to have taken place. In fact, this is true for all aspects of the book.

Despite being classified as fantasy and historical fiction, it doesn't fit into either category. It was quite refreshing to read a story that didn't feel like the genre was being shoved down my throat. Rather than making it completely obvious to the reader that this story is -insert genre here-, Mr. Smith is more concerned about the story itself.

Other than the grandfather making mention of the creature being the mythical Loch Ness monster, neither the characters nor the author himself attempt to explain away or theorize this creatures existence. It is what it is and that's the end of it. If this had been a young adult fantasy, then I would have expected a little bit of digging into the explanation of the monster. But being a children's story, it wasn't necessary. 

The story takes place in 1930s Europe, during WWII. However, Mr. Smith - just like with the fantasy element - does not write the story with the mind frame of "Let's teach the readers about history by sneaking it into the plot line." Instead he writes as though he and the readers are living in 1930s Europe, so there is no need to explain why they live and speak the way they do.

I found The Water Horse quite enjoyable. It is a short book. (I believe it consists of ten or so chapters.) It's pace was smooth and the plot wasn't at all complicated. The book describes what it was like to raise a mythical beast. Nothing more, nothing less. The characters are all realistic, although not very multi-dimensional. 

Ultimately it's a fun story that will intrigue children, not only about fantasy, but - with the classical writing style - also to classic childrens books and novels. It was a wonderful read.

Rating: G

[thedailycryptid]

The Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster:

Modern interest in the monster was sparked by the 22 July 1933 sighting, when George Spicer and his wife saw 'a most extraordinary form of animal' cross the road in front of their car. They described the creature as having a large body (about 4 feet (1.2 m) high and 25 feet (7.6 m) long), and long, narrow neck, slightly thicker than an elephant's trunk and as long as the 10–12-foot (3–4 m) width of the road; the neck had a number of undulations in it. They saw no limbs, possibly because of a dip in the road obscuring the animal's lower portion. It lurched across the road towards the loch 20 yards (20 m) away, leaving only a trail of broken undergrowth in its wake.

So, if you want to know where my fascination with cryptids began, here you are. For reasons I can't recall, when I was in grade school I was utterly fascinated with the Loch Ness Monster. I read every book I could get my hands on and was unnecessarily well-versed in Nessie lore, as well as passably educated on Champ, Ogopogo, and other lake monsters.

I guess the fascination never quite went away.

Oh shit I posted a piece on time for the first time in days. I'm like a person who actually has her shit together. That is a lie.