Comments on: Issie: A Japanese Lake Monster

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:59:28 +0000

Basilosaurus is the proper name for “Zeuglodon”, which is a WHALE!

By: Bob Michaels

Bob Michaels — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 02:06:17 +0000

If they can’t find a Nessie how will they ever be able to find an Issie.

By: cor2879

cor2879 — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 14:29:24 +0000

Hey I’d like nothing better than for someone to discover that some of these lake monsters are living dinos. And I certainly think some of them could be (Champ I find to be a good candidate to be an actual living dino)… most of them though I would guess are some sort of whale. I believe Ogopogo is probably a whale. Without having seen any photos of Issie I, of course, can’t say one way or the other.

By: crypto_randz

crypto_randz — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 23:53:51 +0000

The ridges along the back give it has reptilian. Obviously what they are dealing with could be a MOSAURUS OR BASILOSAURUS. Remember in many lakes there are caves where at the sides of the lakes these things could be hiding. These things like deep water and will hunt near the top. This is just my opinion im just giving my idea. But i do like the debate.

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:12:06 +0000

This just doesn’t seem very reptile like to me, I’m thinking of a large fish or mammal.

By: crypto_randz

crypto_randz — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:53:52 +0000

John great job in getting this story. I do believe that you saw something in lake okanagan. I believe there is a strong possibility that some dinoaurs may still live amongst us. Especially in the lakes because they are so dark and gloomy. I feel a perfect fit for prehistoric animals to roam. Issie could be a sea dragon if possible i think shumway had good ideas. He asked about hidden caves underneath the water. It’s very true most of the lakes have hidden caves. The only suggestion I have to someone to get a super submarine to investigate what exactly is roaming underneath our lakes.

By: oldbutnotstupid

oldbutnotstupid — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:47:41 +0000

Thanks Loren for the name explanation. A piece of nice to know information that I hadn’t heard before.

By: oldbutnotstupid

oldbutnotstupid — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:19:58 +0000

And we weren’t invited shame on them

By: Sky King

Sky King — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 06:35:12 +0000

oldbutnotstupid Says:

It was found that it was actually eels that would gather in great balls for some unknown reason and appear at the lake surface… The reason they do this is still unknown.

It’s a CRAZY EEL PARTY!!

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:13:46 +0000

In Japan, the surname comes first. It is the Japanese style, like in Chinese and Korean, for the “first name” to follow the “family name.” As the oft-repeated example goes, the person with the first name “Ichiro” and the family name “Suzuki” is, therefore, called “Suzuki Ichiro” rather than “Ichiro Suzuki.”

Therefore, the statement given above - “Yutaka Kawaji and Hideo Kawaji may share the same surname” - is incorrect. In fact, “Kawaji” is only the same “first name” of these Japanese individuals.

This would be like us saying (if our names were written Japanese style) that “Kirk John” and “Green John” share the same surname, when, indeed, they do not.