By the way - the original post mentioned three photographs, but we have only two. Loren - could you please clarify whether we can view the third photo, etc?

Thanks.

I also apologize for a somewhat cranky attitude toward an abundance of humour based scoffing throughout this posting. One definitely needs a sense of humour to live a healthy life here on earth and to be involved in cryptozoology. To be able to laugh at one’s self is another important trait to develop, especially if photos, etc of some rare animal or plant that are thought to be real turn out to be a fraud. No one wants to be the butt of a prank. This is why I debated a while before giving my opinion on these photos. What I see clearly in the first photo overrides any fear of it being a fraud.

Peace on the Path and Happy Sightings

You know, it takes an open mind to even consider some of the subject matter here… and that is a good thing because closed minds get lost easily in open spaces.

But at the same time, if we can’t laugh at ourselves and our subject matter just a little… well, then we just look like an asylum full of cranky eccentrics, is all.

Anyway, if anyone was offended, I do apologize.

(Personally, I’m a big fan of Nessie and the variety of similarly strange critters worldwide.)

-Redoubt

But just for fun, I thought I’d show them around some…

To help refine the process, I first took copies to an acquaintance at Bubba’s Transmission Repair and Barbecue… and he said they looked like jumper cables.

From there, I shared the photos with one of my son’s friends… his name is Lenny. He is a junior at the local high school and his impression was that it looked like an electric plug on the end of a cord.

Finally, I looked up an old buddy of mine from the 1960s. His name is Ratso… he used to be a junkie… until he got religion and now he’s a priest for the Church of the Divine Lady in the Mist, which has its headquarters in an old school bus just outside of Statesboro, Georgia. His main thing these days is growing mushrooms. He likes the pics and said he’s gonna do a blow up of them for Friday night services because whatever it is, they would probably look good under a black light.

I guess it’s all in the eye of the beholder…

There is a large long ripple that is running parallel several feet behind the animal in the first photo. This ripple must be at least 4-6 inches high, possibly a wake from a distance water craft!? The first hump would therefore measure ~2+ feet above the water. The curious ripple in the foreground of the picture suggests a location close to a shoreline given the irregularity. This would be a location where many other giant eel-like animals are frequently observed (landlubbards!).

The foreground of the second picture showsa rather wide, shallow swell that runs parallel to the animal, almost as if the water here is gathering against a shoreline. The swell must be several feet across front to back to give a scale for the animal.

Does anyone else see in the first photo that the length of the animal is offset side to side like a snake that slithers side to side in a 2 dimension fashion. However unlike a snake this water animal appears to also use the third dimension of up and down as well as back and forth in its locomotion. Weaving itself through the surface of the water. It is the first picture capturing this historically typical view of a sea serpent and its bizarre locomotion that caught my immediate attention and appreciation.

There are more details in the pictures that speak of a real animal than any details that speak of a fabrication (see comments 52 & 53). No one has found contridications with my previous posts and that in itself is of great interest.

Peace