Loch Ness in Scotland is n’t the only European finish that boasts a fabled lake monster : Sweden claims to be home to a mythical , aquatic animate being of its own . Storsjöodjuret , an underwater creature pronounce to occupy the depths of Lake Storsjön , has been an important part of Swedish folklore for hundred , accord toMysterious Universe .
Like the Loch Ness Monster and Lake Champlain’sChamp , Storsjöodjuret has been described as have a kyphotic back and a long neck opening and fundament . It has grayish - brown pelt with a white-livered underbelly , adog - likehead , and a body anywhere between 10 and 42 metrical unit in length , according to people who exact to have seen the animate being .
Similar toclaimsthat Nessie is actually aplesiosaur , one popular theory contends that Storsjöodjuret is a remnant from prehistoric multiplication . During the Ice Age , the story goes , the animal got trap in the lake and live to present daylight .
The legend of Storsjöodjuret is significant for its length of service . The early recorded honorable mention date stamp back to 1635 , when the vicarMorgens Pedersenimmortalized the creature in a folktale that describes two trolls brewing a confection that creates " a strange animal with a black snaky body . " In an 1878 sighting , a local car-mechanic reportedly saw something craning its neck past the water ’s surface . He draw it as have a " snake - like head that was larger than what I figured the neck could support . "
Over the long time , C of people have claimed to have spotted Storsjöodjuret in the lake . The mythical monster is so well - known in Sweden that in 1986 , the Jämtland county administrative board declared Storsjöodjuret to be anendangered species . But its saved condition was removed in 2005 , so — as is the showcase withBigfoot in Texas — run this hypothetical beast is technically reasonable game .
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