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12:00pm Friday 2nd March 2007

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ANOTHER sighting of a strange creature in Windermere has added weight to the theory that something unexplained is lurking beneath the surface of the lake.

Michael Bentley, from Ambleside, was the canoeist who was spotted by photographer Linden Adams paddling close to the scene of where he took a picture of what he claims to be a four-metre long beast in Windermere, as reported in The Westmorland Gazette last week.

Mr Bentley, who was unaware of the presence of the animal as he enjoyed a morning canoeing at the south end of Windermere, said. "I did not see anything that day but I remember the conditions on the lake were absolutely flat and calm. When I saw the report I contacted Linden Adams and he showed me the pictures he took and I was paddling right towards where the thing was feeding but I was going quite fast and did not see anything."

A self-confessed sceptic, Mr Bentley has backed up Mr Adams's dramatic pictures with his own shots taken while paddling in the same area of the lake, with his partner, last weekend.

For full story see this week's Westmorland Gazette.

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magenta, kendal says...
9:31pm Sun 4 Mar 07

if your suggesting there is a monster in the lake then wat r u suggesting it could be!!

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Linden, bowness says...
10:31am Mon 5 Mar 07

Hi Magenta, I can't speak for the other people who have witnessed this but its not for me to say its a MONSTER or not.Thats why Senior Ecologists from various Uni's with vast experience have been consulted. There valued opions have been put forward not mine.Who's to say what it is? Time will tell.

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Did the Winde-monster burn the chair?, says...
12:31pm Mon 5 Mar 07

The only true eye witness to the Windemonster was the office chair, and look what happened to it...Be careful. You are dealing with the unknown....

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Ralph, Durham says...
10:21am Tue 6 Mar 07

I have seen a very very large 'eel' also ! It's head popped out the water and it's length was about 20m. Other people I know have also seen it.

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Linden Adams, bowness says...
8:28pm Tue 6 Mar 07

Ralph was this on windermere lake ,if so north or south of the lake and time of year would be interesting.

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Tom, United States says...
2:51pm Sat 10 Mar 07

it's highly unlikely that this is a specie of eel. they just don't raise their heads out of the water. Magenta, my opinion that it is a type of plesiosaur that got "locked" into that lake as tectonic plates started moving.

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Phil, says...
5:11pm Sat 10 Mar 07

Yes im pretty sure that eels vertibrae and lateral muscles would not alow it to swimm with raised head

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craig, exeter says...
5:55pm Mon 12 Mar 07

So what's the name?
Winnie?

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andy dodd, bowness says...
8:03pm Mon 12 Mar 07

bownessie
beast of belle isle
wyrm of windermere
take your pick!

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Linden, bowness says...
11:03pm Wed 14 Mar 07

BOWNESSIE

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andy the butcher, bowness says...
7:24pm Thu 15 Mar 07

NO need to shout son

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moomin, says...
6:53pm Fri 27 Jul 07

ur all on crack

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daz, newcastle says...
1:26pm Mon 13 Aug 07

eels r bottom feeders, u never see them at the top of the water, they dont pop ther heads out the water either! chances r in my opinion, theres a sturgeon in the water

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Canoist Michael Bentley who has seen the mysterious creature in Windermere. Canoist Michael Bentley who has seen the mysterious creature in Windermere.

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