Comments on: Storsjön Blobbogey Caught On Film

By: cliffhanger042002

cliffhanger042002 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:46:31 +0000

Potentially interesting video, but I was looking through the 2 articles that are posted trying to find some information on the dimensions of this anomalous figure and didn’t even see any speculation as to the length/girth, etc. Has anyone seen any info regarding the size? Without some kind of estimate as to the size then it’s really kinda hard to justify making a big deal about it. I mean if there was some kind of way to get an approximate measurement and know that it is very large, larger than any indigenous species, then I could see what the fuss is all about, but without said info then it’s not really interesting at all. Too likely that the subject is just a local aquatic species doing it’s thing. IMO anyway.

By: PhotoExpert

PhotoExpert — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:05:10 +0000

Loren, correct me if I am wrong, but is that an underwater “thermal” image?

If it is, it could be just about anything. It could be a sturgeon or other fish, it could be rotating thermal currents in the water, etc.

If you could please clarify if this is a still from a camera or a thermal image from an underwater camera.

Thanks!

By: Shane Durgee

Shane Durgee — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:33:42 +0000

I’d say sturgeon as well. I don’t know about the European species, but there are old fisherman’s tales of sturgeon in the Great Lakes that reached 20+ ft in length.

Massive specimens of common animals are always the best mundane explanation for these lake monsters.

By: pcs800

pcs800 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:08:22 +0000

Kinda looks like a nurse shark, not sure if that is even possible out there.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:00:28 +0000

Update: Image has been located and added, thanks to hint from “Mysteriousness.”

By: Mysteriousness

Mysteriousness — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:04:26 +0000

Loren,

Thanks, as always, for the quick coverage of this interesting story!

It’s not much to go on, but it’s something! I think we’re all feeling a little burned at the moment, but let’s keep our fingers crossed, nonetheless.