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Crabtree Publishing Company www.crabtreebooks.com Unsolved! Mysteries of Water Monsters Kathryn Walker based on original text by Brian Innes Crabtree Publishing Company www.crabtreebooks.com Crabtree Publishing Company www.crabtreebooks.com Author: Kathryn Walker Photographs: based on original text by Brian Innes Fortean Picture Library: p. 6–7, Project editor: Kathryn Walker 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 20, 24, 25, Picture researcher: Rachel Tisdale 26–27, 28 (top) Managing editor: Miranda Smith Mary Evans Picture Library: p. 4–5, 21 Art director:Jeni Child Shutterstock: Albert Barr: p. 9; Design manager:David Poole Chris Harvey: p. 13 (bottom right); Editorial director:Lindsey Lowe Adrian T. Jones: p. 13 (top); Children's publisher:Anne O'Daly Mary Lane: p. 18–19; Editor:Molly Aloian RM: p. 22–23; Proofreaders: Adrianna Morganelli, Crystal Sikkens Wheatley: p. 29 Project coordinator: Robert Walker Topfoto: Charles Walker: cover Production coordinator:Katherine Kantor Wikipedia Commons: Ballista: p. 30; Prepress technician:Katherine Kantor Harper’s Weekly: p. 28 (bottom); Adrian Pingstone: p. 14 This edition published in 2009 by Crabtree Publishing Company Every effort has been made to trace the owners of copyrighted material. The Brown Reference Group plc First Floor 9-17 St. Albans Place London N1 0NX www.brownreference.com Copyright © 2008 The Brown Reference Group plc Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Walker, Kathryn, 1957- Mysteries of water monsters / Kathryn Walker based on original Walker, Kathryn, 1957- text by Brian Innes. Mysteries of water monsters / Kathryn Walker based on original text by Brian Innes. p. cm. -- (Unsolved!) Includes index. (Unsolved!) ISBN-13: 978-0-7787-4159-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) Includes index. ISBN-10: 0-7787-4159-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-7787-4146-6 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7787-4159-6 (pbk.) ISBN-13: 978-0-7787-4146-6 (reinforced library binding : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-7787-4146-X (reinforced library binding : alk. paper) 1. Sea monsters--Juvenile literature. 2. Marine animals--Juvenile 1. Marine animals--Juvenile literature. 2. Sea monsters--Juvenile literature. I. Innes, literature. I. Innes, Brian II. Title. III. Series: Unsolved! Brian Water monsters. II. Title. (St. Catharines, Ont.) 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Contents Monster Attack! 4 Sea Monsters 6 The Loch Ness Monster 12 Lakes of North America 18 Lakes Around the World 22 What Are They? 26 Glossary 31 Index 32 Further Reading 32 Monster Attack! ...In the late 1700s, a terrifying attack by a sea monster was reported. J ean-Magnus Dens was captain of a Danish ship. He had a frightening story to tell. His ship had been sailing off the west coast of Africa. The waters were calm, so the captain told some men How Strange... to clean the outside of the ship. They were lowered over the side to do so. In 1861, the crew of a French ship Suddenly, a monster with huge tentacles found the body rose out of the sea. It threw a tentacle of a huge sea around two of the men and pulled them creature. It had into the water. Then another giant tentacle many tentacles grabbed a third sailor. The crew rescued that were covered the man by chopping it off. The monster with suckers. sank out of sight. At that time, some The piece of tentacle was about 25 feet people did not believe such a (7.5 m) long. The captain guessed that creature existed. the whole tentacle had been 40 feet Today we know it (12 m) long. does. It is called the giant squid. 4 >> tentacle — A long, flexible, arm-like part of an animal used for feeling or grasping “…a monster with huge tentacles rose out of the sea.” This drawing shows a sea monster attacking a ship off the south coast of Africa. It is similar to the monster that Captain Dens saw. >> suckers — Disk-shaped parts that an animal uses for clinging to objects 5 Sea Monsters ...Stories of monsters living in the oceans come from all over the world. F or centuries, people have told tales of giant creatures from the sea. A sea monster named Leviathan is mentioned five times in the Bible. It is described as How Strange... a “crooked serpent” and “the dragon that is in the sea.” A giant squid has eight arms Olaus Magnus lived in Sweden more than and two tentacles. 450 years ago. He collected many stories about Leviathan. Magnus described the Its eyes are the creature as black with a mane. It ate largest of any known animal. calves and lambs. It would even drag They measure men from their boats. up to 11 inches (28 cm) across. Sailors from Norway told tales of the Kraken. This enormous sea monster was The giant squid said to attack ships and eat the sailors. It fights with was described as having huge tentacles. whales. It does Many people today think that the Kraken this by wrapping may have been a giant squid. These its tentacles around them. creatures live in the deep sea and are known to grow up to 59 feet (18 m) long. 6 >> Leviathan — Describes anything of immense size and power “This enormous sea monster was said to attack ships and eat the sailors.” This picture of a sea monster attack is taken from Olaus Magnus’ book The History of the Northern Peoples. It was printed in 1555. >> mane — Long hair that grows on the back of or around the neck of some animals 7 Some sea monsters are said to look like giant snakes. These are known as sea serpents. Morgawr For many years, people have reported How Strange... seeing a sea serpent in the Falmouth Bay area of Cornwall, England. The monster Some people is known as “Morgawr,” which is an old believe that Cornish word meaning “sea giant.” Morgawr could be a type of In 1976, a woman calling herself “Mary F.” long-necked seal. produced photographs of Morgawr. She said that the beast she saw had humps on its back. Its neck was long, with a small, snake-like head. The photographs looked real. But Mary F. would not give her full name and address. She would not let people examine the This photograph of Morgawr was pictures. Some people wondered if this taken by Mary F. was because they were fakes. in 1976. “Its neck was long, with a small, snake-like head.” 8 >> humpback — A crooked back that appears hunched
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