Norway’s Korel Giant
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 4th, 2007
In a little lake called Korel, about five miles long, in Norway, a Great Sea Serpent has made his appearance. It has been seen by many credible persons, and is known by the name of the Korel Giant. On the 26th of November [1852], three women saw the animal lying stretched out on the surface of the lake. It lay quietly for several hours. A part of its body, which was elevated above water, seemed to be about 25 feet in length, and from 10 to 12 feet broad; and at the same distance were noticed three smaller but similar elevations, which were supposed to belong to the same body.
What is also remarkable in this little sheet of water, is that its surface is agitated at the same time as the sea, so that there seems to be some subterranean communication between them.
In some places the lake has been sounded to the depth of ninety fathoms.The Long Islander, Huntington, New York, February 18, 1853
Thanks for this historical item from Jerome Clark.
Thank you all for a successful first weeks of the 2007 release of MA, which will make it easier for anyone looking for these kinds of reports in North America and writing these books. Appreciation.
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Recently I had this idea about how lake cryptids can at last be photographed using the same techniques they use to evade detection. Although the idea may not be implementable and may raise ethical issues I’ll say it anyway. We all know how the US Navy used/uses trained pilot whales to conduct undersea operations, right? Can dolphins survive in fresh water? If not there are fresh water seals like the ones in Lake Baikal and the Caspian Sea. A few of either species can be introduced in hotspots of lake cryptids like Loch Ness, Lake Okanagan, Lake Champlain with small video cameras attached to their foreheads constantly transmitting data so that what they see we see. Because they are biological organisms either they will attract or will be attracted to the lake cryptids. This might be our best chance of capturing these elusive creatures on camera.
Aren’t we biological organisms? We don’t seem to have much luck.
I like Richards idea. That shows great imagination and could open new doors to proving if these lake cryptids do exist or not.
I’m with Tobar. Just because animals are lower on the food chain than humans doesn’t mean that they get along. Also, I’m guessing the capture and subsequent training of freshwater seals isn’t going to be cheap, easy, efficient or quick.
I think that Tobar and Kamoeba are missing the point here. Richard came up with a brilliant to system photograph these animals. His point is that we wouldn’t have to have a crew of people in a boat making a bunch of noise and robots with cameras underwater making a bunch of noise. He is saying that by wirelessly mounting a video capture device to biological organism you would get rid of all the things that scare these animals away. Thanks for thinking outside the box Richard! BTW there is only one species of fresh water seal and where it lives the climate is extremely cold. Your best bet would be a species of dolphin called Tucuxi since they can live in either fresh or salt water.
um….tobar and kamoeba, let’s think about this. It’s not about whose on the lower part of evolution or anything like that–They live in the water. They can hold their breath longer. They definitely move faster. Nessie would definitely get a run for her money. Besides, what do we usually have to pay a crew on a ship? These little guys will do it for fish, and there are usually fish swimming in these lakes. How do you train them to go for an unknown creature? Especially when some of them have a natural flight mode when something big and possibly dangerous swims close by. I usually find that there are documented accounts of “extinct” animals. In fact there is a children’s book out there that talks about such things.