Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster, Lake Champlain in New York/Vermont/Quebec has Champ, and Sweden has its own monster called Storsjöodjuret, which supposedly lives in Lake Storsjön. Accounts of sightings go back over 300 years, of a creature that’s estimated to be anywhere from 10 to 42 feet long.
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Of the creature in question, the late Mark Chorvinksy said the following: “Fisheries officer Ragnar Björks, 73, was out checking fishing permits on Sweden’s Lake Storsjön when he had the fright of his life. From the placid waters a huge tail suddenly broke the surface near Björk’s 12 foot row boat. The colossal creature attached to the tail appeared to be 18 feet long, grey-brown on top with a yellow underbelly. When Björks was alongside the monster, he struck at it with his oar, hitting it on the back. Angered, the creature slapped the water with its tail and the rowboat was thrown nine to twelve feet into the air. ‘At first I didn’t believe that there was any monster in the Storsjön…but now I am convinced.’”
Some theorize that Storsjöodjuret is an animal that was trapped in the lake during the last ice age around 15,000 years ago. Read some other tales of Storsjöodjuret encounters at Mysterious Universe. -via Strange Company
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Source: neatorama